06-29-2008, 07:10 PM
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Re: SATA host adapter or PATA-to-SATA converter?
Yes, thanks. My bad on the typo.
DL wrote:
> I think Bill means buy a PATA dvd drive.
> Sata/Pata connectors dont allways work, buy a sata card
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> "Immortal" <Immortal.3bqpzb@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
> news:Immortal.3bqpzb@DoNotSpam.com...
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>> Recently, I bought a DVD drive that was SATA oriented. However, my
>> system's motherboard is PATA oriented, and the PATA connectors can't
>> connect to the SATA slots on the back of my new DVD drive.
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>> I need help deciding if I should buy a SATA host adapter for one of my
>> empty PCI slots, or instead if I should buy PATA-to-SATA cable
>> converters (which would connect to my empty PATA power connectors and
>> IDE slots and run SATA cables from them).
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>> If I buy the host adapter, would it be able to work in coexistence with
>> the rest of my motherboard, which is completely PATA oriented? And would
>> my DVD drive even work if it was hooked up to a host adapter?
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>> Or, could I just buy the PATA-to-SATA cable converters? This seems to
>> be the most sensible option, but I'm unsure if the converters would even
>> work without a host adapter present.
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>> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>>
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