[clue-tech] SATA vs. "IDE"?

[Richard Knechtel]

Here is a bi-directional IDE/SATA unit for $7.50:
http://www.chinavasion.com/product_info.php/pName/ide-to-sata-bidirectional-convertor/
A couple people I know have bought these and said they work pretty good.

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 8:23 AM, <dennisjperkins at comcast.net> wrote:

> I forgot about the connectors.  I hope they work better than many of the
> serial-USB converters.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Ockers" <ockers at ockers.net>
> To: "CLUE technical discussion" <clue-tech at cluedenver.org>
> Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 7:21:36 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain
> Subject: Re: [clue-tech] SATA vs. "IDE"?
>
> Bummer about the drive. If your M/B has no SATA connectors then it is
> easiest to just buy an IDE drive. However there are IDE to SATA
> adapters, and SATA to IDE adapters, and they cost $20 to $50 probably.
> There are some issues with these but for basic disk functionality they
> work OK. You probably won't notice the issues under normal use.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Jim
>
> Adrian F. Nagle, IV wrote:
> > My server hard drive just crashed and is making banging sounds.  I want
> to pick up a new one today.  Is Best Buy typically the best place to get a
> inexpensive drive?  I'm looking online and I see many SATA drives.  Is it
> true that I can't plug a SATA drive into my old "IDE" motherboard (the tape
> connectors).  Do I just look for "IDE" drives?  There doesn't seem to be
> much selection.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Adrian
> >
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