HELP need another drive but no ware to connect it to

[bigal13]

hi

i want to fit a dvd-rw drive but i have used all my places to connect it to

i am now wandering if i can use a IDE to SATA adaptor for the DVD-rw drive and plug it in to my sata connection as i dont use them

if it is possible how do i configure it


big al

[Lee H]

use a PCI IDE controller such as a rocketmate card from highpoint, you can get a 1 channel 1 for about 15 quid and a 2 channel 1 for about 30 if my prices are correct

Various e-tailers sell these


As for the question on using the SATA convertor - these only work on IDE based hard-drives at the moment, but there is SATA based drives coming soon ( SATA 2.0 Spec I think )

Lee

[bigal13]

use a PCI IDE controller such as a rocketmate card from highpoint, you can get a 1 channel 1 for about 15 quid and a 2 channel 1 for about 30 if my prices are correct

Various e-tailers sell these


As for the question on using the SATA convertor - these only work on IDE based hard-drives at the moment, but there is SATA based drives coming soon ( SATA 2.0 Spec I think )

Lee

hi

could ypu give me a link please

big al

[bmh.01]

I think i've read that you can use sata->pata converters on atapi devices, so just try it and find out.

[Kezzer]

how many drives are you using? Surely you don't need much more if you've got a DVD-RW, you can chuck the CD-RW then?

[funnelhead]

hurry...

Highpoint Rocket 133SB 1Ch ATA133 Disk Accelerator with BIOS
£12.49 £14.68

[bigal13]

hurry...

Highpoint Rocket 133SB 1Ch ATA133 Disk Accelerator with BIOS
£12.49 £14.68

hi

where from?????????????????????????? link please