Well I have just bought a new HD and realized it had a SATA plug for it (i had to learn what that thing was). well the thing is that my motherboard is on IDE, and my other HD is also in IDE, an di wanted to have both plugged in. I was wondering if any of you knew if it was possible to find a way to do this. I have looked on some hardware web sites to find adaptors or cables and i cannot find anything. if it is not possible to have both conencted, then is it to simply have it go from SATA to IDE on my motherboard? if not, then what do i do?
You can always buy a SATA card and plug it into your PCI or PCI Express. It would look something like this: http://www.satacard.com/nw-201.html As far as parallel-to-serial connections, never seen such a thing. They transfer data in such different ways I don't think you could convert from a plug.
ah thats what i need. and its a lot cheaper then what the other thing was... do you know if it will let me conenct both on the same wire still? or will it cancel one of them out...
Why don't you just send the hard drive back and get an Parallel ATA one for cheaper? With this converter you still will only be achieving PATA speeds. So, essentially it's like having a BMW with a governor on it.
hmm well now im not sure how this all works. just today i learned what SATA was.. so should i get a new motherboard? i mean what is my BEST option here... money not being much of an issue, though i was not expecting to spend more after the HD, if i have to i will. I want my computer to work like a charm. Here are some of my specs, if needed any other i shall put. Motherboard: MSI MICRO-STAR Model MS-6791. as far as i was told this is an OEM. 2.40 GHz and 1 gig of ram. here are some quick links ive found with info on my motherboard. this is so that it may be easyer for you guys to tell me if its worth getting a new one... as i want high performance http://cgi.ebay.com/MSI-MS-6791-Soc...0546471QQihZ016QQcategoryZ80161QQcmdZViewItem
Well if you purchased a SATA Card that plugs into your PCI slot on the motherboard, then you could get the full 2,400 Mbps potential from your new SATA hard drive. You would have to make sure your PCI slots are at least PCI-X 266 (2,132 MBps), or PCI-X 533 (4,266 MBps), or else you would just be creating a bottleneck and even may potentially be going slower than your Parallel ATA interface, which operates at 1,064 Mbps. I'm sure you probably have PCI-X slots, but you need to figure out if it's PCI-X 64, 133, 266, or 533
I quote this from a guy who was nice enough to have all the information on another forum MSI 6791-FX 400/533/800FSB Pentium 4 Micro ATX Motherboard with Audio and LAN CPU • Supports Intel® Socket 478 for Pentium® 4 (Northwood) Processors • Support up to 3.2GHz/FSB 800 • Supports FSB 400/533/800 MHz Chipset • SiS® 648FX Chipset • Supports Intel® Pentium® 4 processors with data transfer rate up to 800MHz. • Supports 64-bit high performance DDR333/DDR266 memory controller. • Supports AGP 8X/4X interface at 0.8v or 4x at 1.5v with fast write transaction. • Dual-IDE ATA 66/100/133. • ACPI & PC2001 compliant enhanced power management. • Low pin count interface for SIO • Integrated audio controller with AC97 interface. • Integrated high speed USB 2.0 controller, 480Mb/s. Main Memory • Supports two 184-pin DDR DIMM. • Supports up to 2GB memory size without ECC. Slots • One AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) slot. - AGP specification compliant. - Supports AGP 2.0 4x/8x. • Three 32-bit PCI bus slots. LAN • RealTek 8100C PHY. - Supports 10Mbps and 100Mbps auto-negotiation operation. - Supports ACPI power management. Audio • 6 channels software audio codec RealTek ALC655. - Compliance with AC'97 v2.3 Spec. - Meet PC2001 audio performance requirement. and a Titanium Powmax Assassin 500Watt 20 or 24 Pin Power Supply w/ 150mm Blue LED Fan, SATA, PCI-E Assassinate your opponents with this elite gamer style power supply. Not only does it have next generation PCI Express video connector and SATA support, but it features an enormous 150mm fan for maximum airflow and glowing LED lights. FEATURES 500W Maximum Output 15CM High Efficiency Green LED Fan w/ Ultra Silent Design Excellent Heat Dissipation by Honey Comb Structure Built-in Voltage Overload Protection Colored Heat-sink and LED On/Off switch Shielded Tube and Black Connectors 1 x 20/24 Pin Main Connector 1 x PCI Express Connector 2x Serial ATA connectors Support Intel "Pentium-4" and AMD "Athlon XP Complies with ATX 2.03 and ATX12V 1.3 SPECIFICATIONS Model: PSAS Dimensions 6"Wx3.6H"x6.6"D AC Input 115/230, 10A/6A, 60Hz/50Hz Max Load +3.3@28A, +5@38A, +12@17A, -5@0.5A, -12@0.8A, +5vsb@2A MTBF 100K hrs at 25°C ambient conditions Efficiency 70% Min. at full load Noise Level Maximum of 37db at 100% system loading Certified by UL, CB, CE, TUV, & FCC . i see 533 but also 133... and then i see PCI 32.. seems liek i may have some problems
I have found a list of PCI to SATA cards on Newegg but do not know which one to get... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...1&N=0&Submit=ENE&Description=pci+sata&Ntk=all I have tryed to upper mentioned adaptor, and it doesnt work.
Well if you have a PCI-Express slot that would work, as long as it is 16x wide one or higher. So take a look at your motherboard, and tell me how long the PCI-Express slot is. You will probably have three or four normal PCI slots, and then (according to the information in previous post) you will have 1 PCI-Express. You this for a guide: The top one is a 4x, then a 16x, and then a 1x, then another 16x, then a normal PCI slot.
Actually HDS, I'm a retard. I got confused in the MB/s to Mb/s conversion. SATA = 2,400 Mb/s = 300 MB/s So, any of these slots will give you the full potential of SATA: PCI-X 64 (533 MB/s) PCI-X 133 (1066 MB/s) PCI-X 266 (2132 MB/s) PCI-X 533 (4266 MB/s) PCI-Express 4x (1 GB/s) PCI-Express 8x (2 GB/s) PCI-Express 16x (4 GB/s) PCI-Express 32x (8 GB/s) So sorry for the confusion there... =(
And another thing, according to the post that guy has on the other forum, your motherboard already has SATA capability / connectors!
