Hi all, Im getting a computer with this mother board http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWeb/Products/ProductsDetail.aspx?detailid=392&MenuID=0&LanID=9 I have an opportunity to get a 80 gig harddrive cheaply, but its IDE and this motherboard takes a serial ata. Can an IDE hard drive plug into a motherboard that takes sata? Will I need an extra cable or something? Cheers for any help. Tristan
you need an ata controller card.. pci controller card... http://www.macmall.com/macmall/shop/detail~dpno~561696.asp then you need the ribbon.. http://www.macmall.com/macmall/shop/detail~dpno~48679.asp sata is different from ata.. how much are you getting the hd for? you can get a 250gb sata hd for about $100. http://www.macmall.com/macmall/shop/detail~dpno~242841.asp more expensive to get that ide / ata over
neither 1 of you looked at the specs or the picture of the motherboard as it has 2 onboard ide controllers plus the sata connectors. http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWeb/Produc...LanID=9&DetailID=392&DetailName=Specification 2 x IDE connectors 2 x Serial ATA connectors
lol sorry im a bit of computer noob. So what your saying is that an IDE hard drive will plug straight in to that motherboard with no probs?
