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ervinshiznit   11-12-2007 at 02:35:16 AM

Is there such a thing as a SATA to IDE cable? I'm considering removing my internal IDE hdd and replacing it with a SATA internal hdd. Gigabyte has a bracket for my motherboard that allows me to use a SATA hdd externally; it provides power from the mobo and has a SATA connection.

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Andrius   11-12-2007 at 03:17:51 AM
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There are adapters for it. Some are quite pricy while others ofer the bare minimum of a PCB.

Try googling "SATA to IDE".

EDIT: This looks nice:
http://www.cooldrives.com/saidecomisat.html

I'm not sure about the hotswapping support ... might be an issue with PATA drives


Message edited by Andrius on 11-12-2007 at 03:24:13 AM
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