IDE to SATA converter

[Nemeliza]

Where can i find one or 2 of these, and how much do they cost?

Any performance bottlnecks other than having to complu to IDE's boundries??

Any help appreciated.

Thanks.
Nem.

[SilentDeath]

They are expensive new (£20), think i might have a spare or two though, will have a look tomorrow.

There are a few issues with them too. the first Abit seriell ones do not support any kind of optical drive - they are incompatable with ATAPI devices. The abit seriell 2 versions are compatable.
Theres not much point in using a optical drive on sata as the controelrs are limted in bios options - to change the boot drive you acctually have to swap over the cables (with the si3112 chip using in the nf7-s and a sata card i have any way).

sata convertes usually limit a drive to 100mb/s (UDMA m5)instead of 133mb/s (UDMA M6) this makes no noticable performance difference on any currently avialable drives though so it doesnt matter...

apart from that theres not really any problems, if your using a nf7-s though make sure to use latest bios/drivers to get round the corruption issue.
I use a maxtor 160gb sata and a maxtor 120gb pata->sata conveter together with no problems.

[BUFF]

The ABIT 1 is £13.50 at Scan iirc
http://web6.scan.co.uk/Products/Info.asp?WPID=49998

[SilentDeath]

Ive found two that I wont be needing, £10 each + postage if you want them. They are both seriell 1 versions and wont work with atapi drives (optical drives).

[Nemeliza]

Thanks yall, slilent iv PM'd you.

[SilentDeath]

Didnt reliase my inbox was full, emptyed a bit now