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| Thread ID: 51317 | 2004-11-17 16:25:00 | Is there such a thing as....? | JJJJJ (528) | Press F1 |
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| 293316 | 2004-11-17 16:25:00 | Is there such a thing as a SATA CD R/W? Jack |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 293317 | 2004-11-17 16:55:00 | Hi Jack Not sure if this answers your question but did a Google and came up with this www.tomshardware.com It appears that Sata is a technology rather than a brand name |
Smurf (506) | ||
| 293318 | 2004-11-17 16:59:00 | Hi, and Good morning, Yes I realise that. But what I am looking for is a CD of any brand that runs off a Sata drive. Jack |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 293319 | 2004-11-17 17:03:00 | AFAIK you can get PATA -> SATA Adapters at the likes of DSE which will allow any PATA drive to run off a SATA interface :-) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 293320 | 2004-11-17 17:26:00 | Never thought of that. I will look into it. I was thinking they were different technowlegies. Jack |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 293321 | 2004-11-17 18:06:00 | Indeed they are - But you could liken it to the difference between a PS/2 and an AT keyboard.... Different connection but the keyboard is the same, right? Its just a modified connection for whatever reason (In the instance of SATA its for increased speed amongst other things). Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 293322 | 2004-11-17 19:38:00 | Plextor have a sata dvd drive..... | metla (154) | ||
| 293323 | 2004-11-17 19:46:00 | As far as im aware very few SATA contollers actually support optical drives. I doubt that using a PATA>SATA convert would work, you'll also find that alot of PATA RAID controllers also dont support optical drives. There are a few SATA optical drives avaliable on the market, but because they have no benefit what so ever from the faster interface the push to convert over is less than that for harddrives. | Pete O'Neil (250) | ||
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