Can I add a SATA drive to a Dell Dim3000?

[larrymagee]

Hello, The Dell manual says the DIM3000 takes IDE internal HDDs. Will a SATA HDD work as a 2nd drive?

 

[WyomingKnott]

1) No.
2) Well, you could always buy some sort of adapter and hope that it works. If you do, keep in mind that you have one EIDE connector and one drive. When you have two drives, one (probably the one you already have) has to be set as Master and the other (probably the new one, or the SATA drive on the adapter) should be set to Slave.

Egads they are expensive - probably because the current market is so small.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136111 , for example.

 

[larrymagee]

thank you!!

 

[larrymagee]

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