MSI X370 Gaming Plus won't detect PATA drive

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Recently upgraded from an ancient Asus M4A78-e motherboard to the motherboard in the title. I've been using multiple hard drives for years (all but one are SATA) with no issues until I moved everything to the MSI board. As I said before, I have one hard drive that still uses PATA. This mobo doesn't have a port for PATA, so I had to buy a mini board adapter that allows it to be used with SATA. After connecting the mini board and power cord, the mini board lit up, however, when I powered on the PC, it would not detect the PATA drive.

I tried changing SATA ports, tried another adapter, played with the jumper (but only slightly, that could still be the issue), but nothing I do will get the motherboard to detect the drive. It isn't detected in Windows 10 or the BIOS. The drive in question is merely a data drive, if that helps.

Does anyone smarter than me have any ideas?
 
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The converter you purchased says it is used to convert SATA disk to connect it to IDE ports, and all reports confirm this, and they even say it is unreliable. So, you purchased wrong adapters.

Your options are :
1) buy an IDE TO SATA converter, not SATA TO IDE converter like the one you purchased
2) buy an IDE TO USB external HDD cage
3) buy a new SATA disk, copy your data to new disk - it will cost twice as much as 1 and 2 and is the correct solution

Lately I purchased Saegate Baracuda Compute 1 TB 3.5" HDD and it has a write speed of 200 MB/s , I tried a drive wipe program on it multiple times, and it really has 200 MB/s speed when connected to X370 SATA ports.

So, you can get one Barracuda Compute,use it for OS or other more...
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https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002SZDOM6/ People have reviewed it saying it works on old hard drives. I also used this:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00S6HTVGI/ and connected it to:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00064GBT4/, then used the 5-pin end for the motherboard. I made sure the power connectors were plugged in.
 
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The converter you purchased says it is used to convert SATA disk to connect it to IDE ports, and all reports confirm this, and they even say it is unreliable. So, you purchased wrong adapters.

Your options are :
1) buy an IDE TO SATA converter, not SATA TO IDE converter like the one you purchased
2) buy an IDE TO USB external HDD cage
3) buy a new SATA disk, copy your data to new disk - it will cost twice as much as 1 and 2 and is the correct solution

Lately I purchased Saegate Baracuda Compute 1 TB 3.5" HDD and it has a write speed of 200 MB/s , I tried a drive wipe program on it multiple times, and it really has 200 MB/s speed when connected to X370 SATA ports.

So, you can get one Barracuda Compute,use it for OS or other more critical tasks,and use the previous disk you used for those tasks to copy contents of this IDE disk.

It is this disk and costs 45 USD : https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-BarraCuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST1000DM010/dp/B01LNJBA2I/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1503746676&sr=1-1&keywords=barracuda+computer+1tb

Also, USB cage may work, but IDE requires the connected port to be in IDE/PATA/Legacy mode, and on my Gigabyte X370 motherboard, there are only AHCI and RAID modes supported - no more IDE.
 
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I understand what you're saying about SATA to IDE versus IDE to SATA, I didn't realize that could be the problem (figured it would work both ways), but multiple reviews from that product specifically state they used an IDE hard drive. Yes, most say SATA drive, but not all. Regardless, I'll mark your answer as the solution because you said your X370 has no support for IDE and it looks like mine does not either. Was hoping a mini-board would supply that support.

I'll transfer the files onto my existing SSDs at a friend's house, not spending any more than I have to because I'm on a budget, otherwise I would've simply replaced the drive.
 
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