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IDE HDD into SATA Motherboard
On Friday, December 7, 2012 2:33:49 PM UTC-7, wrote:
I have a DELL Optiplex that is strictly SATA. I have a nice IDE hard drive that I want to hook up instead of a SATA drive. What is the cheapest way I can do this? Where can I buy what I need? I have found power cables, but not data cables. I don't to spend too much. Before today, you could have gotten one of these for $3, delivered. It's now $5: http://www.meritline.com/ide-to-sata...--p-36542.aspx The current version, which is slightly different from the one pictured, works flawlessly with all types of drives, but the SATA connectors are labelled poorly, so it's easy to mix them up (the SATA _controller_ goes to the SATA connector next to the power connection), and the IDE PATA connector is so small it can be plugged into the wrong pins and inserted backwards (despite the key molded into it). PCI controller cards based on a Silicon Image chip or VIA VT6421A chip are OK, even the ones selling for $5-10 on Ebay. But don't get anything that uses a similar VT6421 or VL6421 because they don't work with SATA II drives, due to achip design flaw that can't be corrected with a BIOS update (unlike Silicon Image, VIA doesn't give out BIOS upgrades to everybody, and I had to get mine from MassCool or NewEgg's Rosewill. The VIA chips support both SATA and PATA IDE drives, but don't expect VIA or Silicon Image cards to work well with optical drives. I've gotten them to work 100% only with Silicon Image SATA cards. |
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