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IDE to SATA
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 7:47 pm
by Foggy
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
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 7:53 pm
by Hoovie
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
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 7:54 pm
by Foggy
cheers Hoovie ,thinking along the same lines here as well
this type of thing
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IDE-to-SATA-Conve ... =72%3A1300
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 8:03 pm
by Hoovie
Looks very neat and compact. I think on older OSes (W2K), you may need to load a SATA driver as well
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 8:20 pm
by Foggy
should be ok on XP
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 2:56 pm
by DougJones
It amazes me the knowledge you guys have!
I can only think to myself
are they on about! but its a real pleasure to read these threads and acknowledge your knowledge
Re: IDE to SATA
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 2:59 pm
by gday2uk
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
Replace the DVD with a newer SATA controlled one and use the one ATA cable for the two HD's.
EDIT: Thinking about it, IMO IDE and ATA (PATA) stuff is out of date and slow now compared to SATAII so you would be as well to backup and update all your HD's.
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 2:59 pm
by thescruff
DougJones wrote:It amazes me the knowledge you guys have!
I can only think to myself
are they on about! but its a real pleasure to read these threads and acknowledge your knowledge
Seconded Doug
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 3:06 pm
by Foggy
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
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 12:57 pm
by Foggy
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
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 1:21 pm
by ultimatehandyman
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.
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 3:36 pm
by Foggy
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
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 3:54 pm
by Hoovie
I could be interested in your old IDE DVD - one of mine is a bit dodgy now
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 4:43 pm
by Foggy
too late Hoovie ..its in my lads pc sorry
mind you would cost a fiver to post it due to weight
you can pick one up from pcworld for 19 quid