Please help! - Is such a component or adapter available?
Hi guys, need some help after buying a new SATA DVD burner to replace an old broken IDE burner and now finding out that all my 3 sata ports are already in use as I assumed I had 4
Can you buy such a thing as a PCI card (not PCI-E) that has at least 2 USB external ports and a single internal SATA port which I could use to connect my new burner?
The only card I could remove from my PC is a PCI adapter card that has 4 USB 2.0 ports on it. The problem is I still need at least 2 of those ports for my external hard drives and can't figure out any other way of fitting my new SATA DVD burner when all 3 of my SATA ports are being used by my 3 internal HDD's
I'd REALLY appreciate any help or ideas on what component or adapter I can buy that means I'll be able to connect my new SATA device.
Big thanks in advance.
Re: Please help! - Is such a component or adapter available?
Re: Please help! - Is such a component or adapter available?
thanks kopite - I'd just stumbled upon that item only a few minutes earlier too! I've had a quick look on ebay at those cards and they all seem to come from Hong Kong which means a long postage wait to get to the UK and I need to connect my new burner up this week.
Also just found this so might pop in to the store and test it out. From the look of it it might do what I need?
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/dynamo...796375-pdt.htm