Serial ATA to IDE Converter for Hard Drive

Bigun28

Hi

I'm trying to connect an IDE hard drive to my computer. Motherboard has one IDE connecter to which I've connected the IDE DVD/CD and one other IDE hard drive.

My main hard drive is connected to the motherboard via a Serial ATA (SATA)connector. I have a second IDE drive that I am trying to connect to the system, hopefully onto the spare SATA connector on the motherboard (giving me 3 hard drives in total).

Anyone know if I can get a converter cable to go from a 40 pin IDE connector on the IDE hard drive drive down to the SATA connector on the motherboard? I'm not really worried about trying to match the transfer rates because it will only be used for storage. Alternatively, can you get a PCI hard disk controller card from anywhere that I could connect the IDE hard into?

Appreciate any help.

albertross_2

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/....html?CAB-RB420

http://www.videk.co.uk/home.asp?page=SubSections&sectionID=205&chapterID=31

Alternatively, you could get an external usb2 HD enclosure, and connect it externally.

http://www.mcsx.co.uk/shop/icy-box-3-5in-usb2-hdd-enclosure.htm

etc..

rfc195

Hi,

You can buy adaptors so you can connect your ide drive to a Sata connector on your motherboard on ebay for example "a1computershop-co-uk" is selling them on ebay.With postage, it will cost you about £10. Similarly, you can buy PCI cards with IDE connections if you want to go down that route on ebay.

Rob

jakemuk

they do work i have used them but i dont find them perfect

Bigun28

jakemuk wrote:

they do work i have used them but i dont find them perfect

How do you mean that you 'don't find them perfect'? Are they just slow or is there something else to be aware of?