Can you use an IDE->SATA adapter on an optical drive?

[teiresias]

I have an SATA native harddrive, but an IDE DVD burner. I do have an IDE-to-SATA adapter that came with my motherboard like 3 years ago (NF7-Sv2). I was just wondering if it would work on the DVD drive? I can't see why it wouldn't since it's all IDE, I just wanted to check and make sure no one thought there might be an issue. Thanks.

 

[paulw86]

Originally posted by: teiresias
I have an SATA native harddrive, but an IDE DVD burner. I do have an IDE-to-SATA adapter that came with my motherboard like 3 years ago (NF7-Sv2). I was just wondering if it would work on the DVD drive? I can't see why it wouldn't since it's all IDE, I just wanted to check and make sure no one thought there might be an issue. Thanks.

I don't quite follow what you mean. You don't have to change your SATA drive to an IDE to pair with your IDE DVD burner, if that's what you mean.

 

[teiresias]

I know. I'd prefer to get rid of the last remaining IDE cable in my case, which is used to connect the DVD burner. If it would work I would use the IDE->SATA adapter to be able to connect the DVD burner to one of the SATA channels.

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: teiresias
I know. I'd prefer to get rid of the last remaining IDE cable in my case, which is used to connect the DVD burner. If it would work I would use the IDE->SATA adapter to be able to connect the DVD burner to one of the SATA channels.

It should work...but try it, its not going to hurt anything

 

[paulw86]

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: teiresias
I know. I'd prefer to get rid of the last remaining IDE cable in my case, which is used to connect the DVD burner. If it would work I would use the IDE->SATA adapter to be able to connect the DVD burner to one of the SATA channels.

It should work...but try it, its not going to hurt anything

He promises that it's not gonna hurt anything, so rock on!

 

[Zepper]

The SATA controller on your mobo has to support ATAPI drives for that to work - the adapter card shouldn't care what IDE drive you hook it up to but I suppose some might not support ATAPI drives for one reason or another. Most original SATA controllers (some call them SATA I now) don't support ATAPI - generally only some Intel chipsets or SiliconImage add-on SATA controllers (can be integrated on the mobo or on a PCI card) support ATAPI drives.

All SATA II controllers are supposed to support ATAPI drives.

The compatibility list on the Plextor web site (for their SATA burners) may help somewhat in determining whether your mobo supports ATAPI.

..bh.

 

[corkyg]

Yeah - it depends on your mobo's SATA function in BIOS. Mine (Asus P4PE) will not allow SATA to be used without RAID. And, RAIDing a hard drive and an optical drive doesn't make sense. All you can do is try it and see. The cost is negligible.

 

[nealh]

My understanding was the adapter needed to support optical drives too..the first generation one used by ABit did not support optical drives....and for that matter neither did the BIOS

 

[Zepper]

Well, as was mentioned several times above, trying what he has won't hurt anything - it will either work or not... But the odds are to achieve what the OP wants will require both an IDE to SATA adapter and a PCI SATA controller. Luckily, that will only cost around $30. shipped with careful shopping (Syba SiliconImage based adapter and controller).

Personally, I'd get a nice round, 1 drive, PATA cable and fageddaboudit...

.bh.

 

[Peter]

Some early SATA-IDE adapters only supported ATA (for HDD) or ATAPI (for optical drives), but not both. You'll see when you try.