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02-28-2008, 03:38 PM
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Help Please!!! Need Hard Drive Adapter???
Just bought this hard drive from Newegg...
 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822210003 It won't hook up to my computer......my old hard drive has an IDE ATA connection. I think that's what it's called. It looks like this....  http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowIm...100+Hard+Drive So, now I need an adapter or something so that I can get this to work...and I need it NOW!!!! Any help would be very very much appreciated. Thanks 
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02-28-2008, 03:58 PM
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You would need a SATA to PATA converter to do that, although it would probably be just as cheap to buy a new SATA controller board. It seems that most SATA to PATA converters are made for attaching a PATA HD to a SATA motherboard, not the other way around, which is what you need.
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02-28-2008, 04:00 PM
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can i get a link to what i need? thanks
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02-28-2008, 04:03 PM
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02-28-2008, 04:05 PM
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This would do if you have a free PCI slot: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16816132012
Here is an adapter, which is more expensive than the SATA controller: http://www.satacables.com/html/sata-acessories.html |
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02-28-2008, 04:07 PM
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Hi rugbydawg,
Welcome to PCMech. This is what you'd be looking for : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16816102062 Promise has a good reputation and if you tell us a little more about your rig's motherboard model, or failing that the make/model of the computer we can get more specific if necessary.
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02-28-2008, 06:07 PM
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Why don't you just exchange the drive for an IDE drive? Excelstors are junk drives anyway.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148236 MUCH better quality. |
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02-28-2008, 06:30 PM
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i dont want to exchange because its 6 bux for restocking plust 10 dollars shipping back, plus the wait to get there and a new one back...plus its not a pc of mine its going in.
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02-28-2008, 08:26 PM
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You are going to pay more than 16 bucks for a PCI card or an adapter, which is a poor way of addressing the issue.
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