just been given a new MB for a Athlon x2 ,prob going to upgrade my server but its only got 1 IDE slot (and 4 SATA) ,need to connect up at least 3 ide ,2 HD`s and 1 DVD
whats the best way ?
been looking round and a couple of choices are a IDE PCI controller card or IDE to SATA converter ..seen on fleabay for a fiver
anyone used either
IDE to SATA
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Not used either, but I would go for the converter if it uses the on-board SATA controller as adding less complication.
The on-board IDE will do 2 IDE devices I am sure
The on-board IDE will do 2 IDE devices I am sure
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Re: IDE to SATA
Replace the DVD with a newer SATA controlled one and use the one ATA cable for the two HD's.Foggy wrote:just been given a new MB for a Athlon x2 ,prob going to upgrade my server but its only got 1 IDE slot (and 4 SATA) ,need to connect up at least 3 ide ,2 HD`s and 1 DVD
whats the best way ?
been looking round and a couple of choices are a IDE PCI controller card or IDE to SATA converter ..seen on fleabay for a fiver
anyone used either
EDIT: Thinking about it, IMO IDE and ATA (PATA) stuff is out of date and slow now compared to SATAII so you would be as well to backup and update all your HD's.
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gday2uk
yep thought of that but means replacing my dvd writer ,i know they are only 25 quid but got this ide to sata converter for a fiver
nothing wrong with the writer at the min (only 4 months old),when it starts playing up it goes in the bin and will get a sata one then
oh and replace HD`s as well
some boards nowadays dont even have any ide slots
yep thought of that but means replacing my dvd writer ,i know they are only 25 quid but got this ide to sata converter for a fiver
nothing wrong with the writer at the min (only 4 months old),when it starts playing up it goes in the bin and will get a sata one then
oh and replace HD`s as well
some boards nowadays dont even have any ide slots
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what a nightmare with this pc
spent ages yesterday trying to load xp up ,just wouldnt have it ,fault after fault ,this file was missing that file cannot load and cannot continue etc etc
everything was pointing towards the ram
just been and bought 2gig of ddr2 and now going straight in no problems at all
3 hours of my life wasted
looks like duff ram
spent ages yesterday trying to load xp up ,just wouldnt have it ,fault after fault ,this file was missing that file cannot load and cannot continue etc etc
everything was pointing towards the ram
just been and bought 2gig of ddr2 and now going straight in no problems at all
3 hours of my life wasted
looks like duff ram
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Not used the ide to sata convertor, but my old pc was ide and new pc was sata and so I got an hard drive enclosure that plugged into the USB and removed the old data from my ide hard drive and copied it onto my sata hard drive.
I have an ide cable inside of my new pc, but it is not used as everything else is sata.
I have an ide cable inside of my new pc, but it is not used as everything else is sata.
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a tip from me ..
dont buy one of them ide to sata connectors ..stupid bloody thing keeps losing its connection ,sometimes its there sometimes it isnt
so been out and bought a new sata dvd writer and left both hd`s on the ide channel
oh well it was only a fiver
anybody want to try it out they are willing to have it free of charge
dont buy one of them ide to sata connectors ..stupid bloody thing keeps losing its connection ,sometimes its there sometimes it isnt
so been out and bought a new sata dvd writer and left both hd`s on the ide channel
oh well it was only a fiver
anybody want to try it out they are willing to have it free of charge
