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| 434097 | 2006-02-27 00:19:00 | I have just bought a new motherboard (should hopefully arrive in a day or three) that has a couple of SATA connectors on it. Now I have several (at least 4, maybe more?) PATA HDDs - is it possible to buy an adaptor of some sort so that I can attach my PATA HDDs to the SATA connector, since I can only connect 4 drives to the 2 PATA connectors, and two of those drives will be optical??? Will my idea work, or is there nothing available that can do this for me? Cheers, Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 434098 | 2006-02-27 00:26:00 | You could try one of these (www.dse.co.nz) Or buy USB 2 enclosures, if you want to use 4 IDE hdd's. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 434099 | 2006-02-27 00:37:00 | You could try one of these (www.dse.co.nz) Or buy USB 2 enclosures, if you want to use 4 IDE hdd's.Wow $51 is a lot - I may as well just buy an IDE controller card. Cheers, Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 434100 | 2006-02-27 00:42:00 | You'd be better off buying a PCI card with another pair of IDE channels or put the money toward a new drive. | PaulD (232) | ||
| 434101 | 2006-02-27 01:41:00 | Use the PATA's with a PCI ide controller and 'JBOD' them to make 1 big drive | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 434102 | 2006-02-27 02:08:00 | You'd be better off buying a PCI card with another pair of IDE channels or put the money toward a new drive.Yes, I'm thinking about a PCI IDE card... but putting money towards a new drive would defeat the purpose - then I'd have 5 drives to plug in :D :p Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 434103 | 2006-02-27 02:09:00 | Use the PATA's with a PCI ide controller and 'JBOD' them to make 1 big driveI wouldn't need to JBOD them though would I? I don't need 1 big drive, multiple drives suits me better... or would I be forced to by my setup (I don't see how)? Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 434104 | 2006-02-27 02:10:00 | No, you dont need to jbod them, just a thought thats all! | SolMiester (139) | ||
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