Sata to IDE converter

[GloryField]

Does anyone know if this will be able to convert a SATA II hard drive to IDE so I can use it on a mobo that doesnt have SATA?

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Serial-ATA-SATA...406QQcategoryZ3753QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


The title says Sata to IDE but for some reason the description mentions IDE to Sata

Also when it says it supports SATA 1.0, will it also take SATA 2 but only at SATA 1 speeds?

Thanks

 

[GloryField]

bump

 

[HPTech]

Hi There!

I've heard reports ofpeople using them fine with SATA2 drives, you'll loose NCQ and other features though.

MikeHP

 

[betasub]

The item linked by OP is for adapting an IDE device (HDD, optical drive etc) to connect to a SATA port on the motherboard.

If you want to run a SATA device on a mobo without SATA ports, your best bet is an SATA expansion card (usually PCI) that carries a number of SATA ports (and might include RAID options as well).

 

[HPTech]

I'd agree. The convertor will work as well. If you're loading a card on the bus make sure you don't have any other bandwidth hungry devices on the bus as well as these will erode the performance of the card/drive combination.

 

[Zepper]

I haven't seen a SATA drive to PATA controller converter that I can recall - plenty of PATA drive to SATA controller. PCI SATA controllers are known to be problematic on older mobos, so having my druthers I'd suggest skipping SATA drives until you have a mobo with native SATA support. Carrying PATA drives over to a SATA machine is much easier.

.bh.

 

[jlbenedict]

This is the adapter you need if you are making a SATA drive work on an IDE connection

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16812206001

 

[Zepper]

Well, I guess there are SATA to IDE adapters now (see post just above this one). So you can go that way if you want. I read all the buyer reviews and only a couple had a problem with it. Just be sure to set your drive to SATA 1 operation to work best with it. Some SATA drives have a jumper, others have software settings, but those that have software settings come set to SATA I as default. IDE can only work at 133 and no current IDE drive (whether SATA or PATA) can come close to 133 MB/sec on sequential reads/writes anyway.

.bh.

 

[imported_rod]

Why?! Just buying an IDE drive would be easier, cheaper and it would perform better.

Also, i agree with betasub

If you want to run a SATA device on a mobo without SATA ports, your best bet is an SATA expansion card (usually PCI) that carries a number of SATA ports (and might include RAID options as well).

RoD

 

[jlbenedict]

Originally posted by: rod
Why?! Just buying an IDE drive would be easier, cheaper and it would perform better.

Also, i agree with betasub

If you want to run a SATA device on a mobo without SATA ports, your best bet is an SATA expansion card (usually PCI) that carries a number of SATA ports (and might include RAID options as well).

RoD

Um... How is it cheaper? what if the OP already has a SATA drive.. has a motherboard that only has IDE ports on it.. Why not just use the $18 adapter?

 

[RebateMonger]

Why not just buy a PCI SATA controller card? They can't cost much. The drive makers used to give them away for free with some hard drives.

 

[jlbenedict]

Originally posted by: RebateMonger
Why not just buy a PCI SATA controller card? They can't cost much. The drive makers used to give them away for free with some hard drives.

Another option as well.... which might be the better option.

I'll add this... I have one of the IDE -> SATA adapters. I wanted to run my ide dvd burner on a SATA port, to get rid of the huge ide ribbon cable..
The burner worked great, no problems at all... Until.. I wanted to boot off of a cd/dvd..
The dvd burner was now not bootable, on the adapter..

That is something to keep in mind of, if you were to use that adapter, and intended to have that hard drive bootable.. It just might not work

 

[Oyeve]

Originally posted by: RebateMonger
Why not just buy a PCI SATA controller card? They can't cost much. The drive makers used to give them away for free with some hard drives.

True, I bought one the FS forums here for 15 bucks shipped. 2 sata and 1 ata/133 connection. Search the FS forum here.

 

[betasub]

Originally posted by: jlbenedict
This is the adapter you need if you are making a SATA drive work on an IDE connection

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16812206001

Good catch, jl. A simple solution for connecting a single SATA drive to a mobo's IDE channel.

The controller card (PCI bus) is more complicated (drivers, boot setup) but more flexible (multiple SATA connections, RAID options).

 

[imported_goku]

Yes you can convert a SATA II drive or SATA I drive, SATA II is backward compatible with SATA I. Worst case scenario you won't be able to take advantage of features that SATA II has but then agian it's the same thing with SATA I features.