SATA To IDE Converters...

[ShotgunSteven]

Just wondering, as it would make my current problem much easier to solve. 😛

 

[Jeff7181]

Yes they do. You might want to look for a more reputable retailer though... never heard of those people before, but that's what a quick Google search came up with.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

It should be possible as it's simply the connector that's changed, not the actual drive itself.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Too lazy to edit, but: Why would you want to do this? The only reason I would think of wanting this is for RAID, or if your IDE controllers went fubar'd.

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy
Too lazy to edit, but: Why would you want to do this? The only reason I would think of wanting this is for RAID, or if your IDE controllers went fubar'd.

Smaller cables.

 

[nebula]

This one came with my Abit mobo. Not sure where to buy it seperately but the packaging makes it look like it's available. The couple times I've used it, I didn't have any issues.

 

[dexmanone]

frys/outpost.com will have this, i've seen it..........

 

[corkyg]

Here's one I have - got it from Cyberguys - very reasonable.

SATA

Cyberguys

 

[helpmeout]

If you have an Abit MOBO, the Serillel converter (made by/for Abit) is the only one that will work. Saw an awful lot of complaining about that on the Abit forum.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy
Too lazy to edit, but: Why would you want to do this? The only reason I would think of wanting this is for RAID, or if your IDE controllers went fubar'd.

I ran out of ports and I have another IDE HD that I need to hook up. Smaller cables are a plus too, as the guts of the thing are getting a bit tangled. Probably just going to go with a RAID card at this point, since the local store only has IDE to SATA convertors and I don't want to wait on an item being shipped. If I have a slot available for the card, that is. I need to open things up again and see.