Gigabyte 965P-DS3 problem

[xSkyDrAx]

I'm using a Gigabyte DS3 and 2 IDE hard drives and 1 IDE burner.

I know that the DS3 has only 1 IDE port on the mobo so I bought a IDE to Sata converter thinking that I could use either 1 of the HDDs or the burner on the Sata connection.

This has brought me much misery as I can not, for the life of me, figure out why only the items on the IDE port shows up.

I've tried a lot of bios settings, switching around jumpers, putting HDDs on the Sata, putting the burner on the Sata. All have left me with no results.

Any suggestions?

 

[zagood]

I've only had problems with those things. Try picking up a PCI IDE card instead.

 

[xSkyDrAx]

that is probably my next course of action though I am still reluctant considering I bought 2 ide adapters and a 4 pin molex splitter.

 

[scott916]

Try setting the burner to cable select.

 

[xSkyDrAx]

Originally posted by: scott916
Try setting the burner to cable select.

I tried that, the burner itself responds as in it'll open and close but it is not detected by the computer at all.

 

[AstroGuardian]

Try replacing HDD or Burner for SATA one. It would be probably the same price like the PCI IDE controller. I can not imagine you having larger than 320GB IDE disk. 320Gb SATA disks are like 50$ more or less. So what;s the point in buying PCI IDE card?