I have a mobo that has 4 sata slots and only 1 ide slot. i need the ide for my 2 cd drives correct? I have 1 sata hardrive and 1 ide hardrive. i would like to run them both with my mobo but is that possible if i have my cd drives connected and only 1 ide slot? or would i be able to connect 1 cd drive and the ide hd? Also if none of this is possible are there any sata attachments for a ide drive?
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ide hd and 2cd drives with 1 ide slot
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Yes there is indeed a SATA to IDE convertor available.
Something like this:
I know Abit make a good one as well.
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Yes there is indeed a SATA to IDE convertor available.
Something like this:
I know Abit make a good one as well.
Martin
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The only thing with the sata to ide convertor is that you only get the ide speed, course with a promise controller thats all you get as well.
Can i make a suggestion? If you have an available extra pci slot you might want to go that way as i do believe you can get the controller card cheaper, especially used from people who have moved to sata, and the controller card gives you, usually, 4 ide slots, whereas the sata to ide convertor only gives you the one and it usually is more money, at least last time i looked. Could be different now, its been a while.
But, again, you should be able to buy a used pci promise controller for about $15 or less.
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Can i make a suggestion? If you have an available extra pci slot you might want to go that way as i do believe you can get the controller card cheaper, especially used from people who have moved to sata, and the controller card gives you, usually, 4 ide slots, whereas the sata to ide convertor only gives you the one and it usually is more money, at least last time i looked. Could be different now, its been a while.
But, again, you should be able to buy a used pci promise controller for about $15 or less.
Good advice + great people = tek-tips
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