I have a SATA CD drive. Can I use this to hook that SATA drive to my IDE port?
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I use this to hook up a SATA HDD to an IDE and it works. Make use to connect the powercable supplied to the mini pin plug on the board. It should work with CD SATA . There is a better adapter which converts SATA to IDE powered by a molex plug sold by Amazon. Check it out! Hope this helps.
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I use this to hook up a SATA HDD to an IDE and it works. Make use to connect the power cable supplied to the mini pin plug on the board. It should work with CD SATA . There is a better adapter which converts SATA to IDE powered by a molex plug sold by Amazon. Check it out! Hope this helps.
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All of these kinds of adapters are very flaky. They work with some drives, and others they will not. There is no way of knowing unless you can find someone that's using your exact same drives. Among several variables, it's the chipset of the drive that usually determines this. (This DID NOT WORK with a SATA HD I got, trying to use it in an external IDE enclosure. In a case such as that, it may be the HD or of course it may be the enclosure). I've tried similar adapters with optical drives and some worked and some did not.
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I assume you are talking about the Master Slave Jumper Pins? If you are going to use the Hard Drive as a Master then make sure the Jumper is appropriate. The Pata/IDE Hard Drive should be standard and the adapter should fit. Have you considered cloning the IDE Drive to a Sata Drive? Hope this helps!!
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It will work for SATA not IDE. Google images of SATA vs IDE and compare the pins (where HD connects to your computer) on the hard drive. You can see the diff there easily. Please give me a helpful vote on Amazon.
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Don't know the specifics of your DVR but something is not clear with your concept.Both IDE and SATA are *internal* interfaces, so it's difficult to see how you can end up with an external hard disk via IDE to SATA adapter.Or you might be thinking of putting your IDE hard drive *inside* your DVR and connect using IDE to SATA adapter. That might just worked.On the other hand, if your DVR accepts external hard drives, you'll need IDE to USB adapter. This will work but probably not worth it. You are better off just getting a new external drive .
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Actually there are a number of adapters converting iDE-->SATA and SATA-->IDE. Some are cables, some are dongles. I have one that is a small enclosed module that plugs on the back of the IDE disk drive and provides the SATA data connector on the other. You would also have to provide power to the IDE drive with an adapter from the SATA power connector in the Thermaltake. It's pretty cludgy, but it can be done. Also, if you are going to buy one of these adapters, look for one that is bi-directional IDE --> SATA -->IDE, that way you are ready for any situation.
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Although there are SATA to IDE converters they would not work in this case. The bare drive slides into the unit into SATA connectors on the inside back of the unit. There is not enough physical room for converters. You are better off looking for an IDE mobile rack.
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Yes, it will work. It supports both IDE and SATA. Make sure to use the proper connection.
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You probably need an SATA external case. If your drive is not IDE, then this one will not connect. If your drive is over 500GB then this will also not work. I used it for an old 80GB IDE drive, and it worked perfectly.
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In my case I have using an IDE DVD drive connected to a SATA socket on the motherboard and it works perfectly. Good luck.
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I don't think this board will work if your computer has a ide drive in it, you need to have either ide drives or sata, not a mix
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The utility software? That can be found on the Adata web site. Shouldn't need anything else to make the drive work, as long as you have a SATA port available.
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I believe the Sabrient USB to SATA/IDE would be compatible with the older 40 pin PATA IDE interface.
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it depends on what motherboard you have. you should check if your motherboard has something called SATA connectors, which this drive uses. If your motherboard is older it might have something called and IDE connector and this drive would not work. The way you can tell is that an IDE connector is about 3 inches wide, while a SATA connector is maybe 1/2 inch wide. If you do have IDE, then find an older drive that supports the IDE connector
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This is SATA to IDE/PATA. So SATA drive into an IDE enclosure, yes, but IDE to SATA, probably not. Not without a cable/adapter to reverse the gender of the SATA connector (male to female). The connector on this is male and so is the connector on SATA drives. You would need at about an inch, since the adapter is about 3/4 inch to the outside edge of the connectors, plus a little more space for cables. So maybe, if space allows. I did use this in a larger enclosure and an old XP box, so I could use a SATA drive in place of an old IDE. Works pretty good for those :)
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You'll need an IDE power connector to SATA power converter cable. They are cheap and easy to locate on the web for around $7.00 each. Search for "ide power to sata power adapter" that will return plenty of results.
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Should be able to use it as long as it is a SATA ( serial )drive. Older IDE drives are not compatible.
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yes if the dvd -cd burner is sata this turns sata to ide wich is nice if you have an oler computer witch has ide cables so you can use the new with the old