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Subject: IDE Hard Drive in SATA
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jupiter2 12.03.11 - 06:12pm
I've got a spare 80GB Seagate HDD in good condition but it has a IDE connector, not SATA... My mobo has only SATA connection sockets and I'm using my 320GB SATA HDD... Now I want to make use of the 80GB one as spare... Is it possible somehow?... Is there any IDE to SATA or SATA to IDE converter cable available?... Or I've to through it away.... * +
the.rain 12.03.11 - 06:22pm
ebay for cheep good converter cables * +
mok214 13.03.11 - 12:24am
I got an old K8-800T motherboard that has both IDE and SATA connections . But who wants to use socket 768 processors anymore ? 
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anduan 13.03.11 - 01:37am
Yes there are both IDE to SATA and SATA to IDE converters, but dont waste your time and your money on these. Hard drives are SO cheap these days, what you want a 80GB IDE hard drive? Go buy a new one, my 500GB Seagate cost me 38 euros! and my two 1TB Seagate cost me 132 euros both, this mean 66 euros each! 5 years back, with 66 euros you could buy a 80GB drive 
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newt182 13.03.11 - 01:43am
I would just bin it. * +
sonicbom 13.03.11 - 03:06am
Which mobo do you have. I have.nt seen a p4 mobo without ide post (coffee2) * +
jupiter2 13.03.11 - 08:55am
Well, I shall through it to trash then... Thanks for your ideas... @sonic... Its ABIT... * +
sonicbom 13.03.11 - 09:22am
Y thrash it . It can be used as scratch disk if you use adobe photoshop. Also you can set the page file on it which is by default set on c drive. Thus removing some load on main drive and distributing the work. And a single ide to sata convertor should not cost more that 50inr if its available. * +
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