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| 625220 | 2007-12-28 07:47:00 | I'm wanting to use an old(er) IDE hard drive in a new PC which only has SATA connectors. Has anyone used one of those IDE to SATA converters (e.g. www.trademe.co.nz), and if so, what have your experiences with them been like? | somebody (208) | ||
| 625221 | 2007-12-29 01:53:00 | Are you certain that there is no IDE connector? I have an Asus M2N-MX SE with SATA hard & CD drives. It also has one IDE socket which I used for a second CD which I already had. In the past I fitted a PCI card which supplied IDE connectors. The reason I did this was because the Bios didn't support large drives. Maybe they are still available. |
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| 625222 | 2007-12-29 02:11:00 | Are you certain that there is no IDE connector? I have an Asus M2N-MX SE with SATA hard & CD drives. It also has one IDE socket which I used for a second CD which I already had. In the past I fitted a PCI card which supplied IDE connectors. The reason I did this was because the Bios didn't support large drives. Maybe they are still available. Absolutely certain - have read the user's manual online thoroughly (though the PC hasn't physically arrived yet). |
somebody (208) | ||
| 625223 | 2007-12-29 04:10:00 | I had a similar problem where I had a newer SATA hard drive but wanted to use it on an older motherboard which only had an IDE connector. I got a IDE - SATA converter off trademe, about $25? I think it worked, but I had other problems trying to install Win2k onto a partition that was greater than 132 GB (or whatever the BIOS limit is). Not sure if the converters are bi-directional (ie can convert from SATA to IDE and IDE to SATA). In the end it is better to do without them and use a hard drive with the appropriate connector. | ledzep (1441) | ||
| 625224 | 2007-12-29 04:34:00 | Cheers ledzep. I've found a device which does what I want, and I basically don't have a choice at this point. My only other option is to buy an external USB case, and attach it that way - which I'd rather not do. | somebody (208) | ||
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