"Reverse" SATA to IDE adapters...

[dilmonen]

OK, I've got a Shuttle system and I want to run Serial ATA drives in it, but don't want to use up my PCI slot.

I know they have adapters to plug into PATA drives to use those on a Serial ATA controller card.

Now, since they can do that, I would think that logically, someone, somewhere has made the reverse... A converter that plugs into the IDE header and gives you two SATA ports.

Or am I just hitting the crack pipe waaaay to hard right now?

My reasoning is that I actually stuffed the guts of a normal Shuttle SN45G w/ Rev 1.0 motherboard into a Soldam Polo R case. ( http://www.soldam.com/ )

This case is quite a bit smaller than a normal Shuttle case is, and I need another way to purge some of the heat this thing collects...

 

[SUOrangeman]

Yes, I've seen one such adapter at my local MicroCenter for $35. I believe it is made by StarTech. You could connect two SATA drives to one IDE port on your motherboard.

http://www.startech.com/ststore/itemdetail.cfm?ProductID=PATA2SATA&topbar=topbara.htm

-SUO

 

[dilmonen]

Woo! Man, you kick major bootay! I was being told they didn't exist, which made no sense... If they can do it on a PCI card, I didn't see why they couldn't do it on the bus.

I'm gonna have to go get one and see how it does... Thanks!