SATA Hard Dirve for IDE??

Rugbyfan365

Hello,

I bought a SATA hard drive (by accident - I thought I'd clicked the icon below the one I must have clicked) for my IDE PC. Only noticed after I'd taken it out of its packaging so the place I bought it from won't take it back.

If i use one of these internal SATA PCI cards how do I get power to the drive?

Could a solution be to buy an external enclosure for the drive and an external SATA PCI card or is there a cheaper way?

Thanks for any help in advance

Alechjo

To supply power to the drive you can use a "Standard to SATA power adaptor" (search this on https://www.dabs.co.uk, it costs 2.27). Not 100% sure, but external enclosures usually cost more because of demand for mobility.

Also, PCI card is internal by definition, you'll need SATA-USB or Firewire interface.

esuhl

Something like this should do the trick:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-3-X-IDE-SATA-POWER-CONVERTER-CABLE-FREE-P-P_W0QQitemZ9730567659QQcategoryZ45342QQcmdZViewItem

Rugbyfan365

I meant with the sata port external or internal not the whole card, Thanks for the help:D .

bingo_bango

RF....I did exacly the same thing last week. I've just bought an internal SATA PCI card from eBay, which comes with the power cable as standard. PM me if you want a link to it.