Will I be able to BOOT from a SATA drive on an IDE-only motherboard with this?
1289437
Yes you can.All you need is the adaptor.It should fit confortably on the IDE of the motherboard.
198835
hi, just to clarify, this board has 2 sata III connections which should work with any drive that is compatible with the sata standard. ssd or hdd even a bluray drive. make sure you have the black sata power connectors from power supply too.
913794
It should work. If your goal is a faster boot time, SATA connection is better and you save some money. Get a lager SSD since it is faster than the smaller ones, at least 250 GB. Good luck.
1534863
Yes this is compatible with IDE(ATA), SATA, AND PATA. One caution, if the drive you are connecting to it, has a circuit problem, it may blow a component in the power supply, because the power supply is not fused. I blew a diode in one of mine; glad I bought a couple extra ones.
232631
If you have this drive installed in your pc with the drive utility software there should not be a problem. What type of motherboard and CPU are you using?
798989
Anything with a sata connection. I found ide to be too difficult to get working in the tiny ccase.I was able to salvage a bdrom drive out of my old laptop, and it works perfectly zip - tied in. Not flush but or doesn't really matter since it isn't visible at all unless you're puttinga disc in.
1486599
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
1316351
Most Sata connectors are backwards compatible. Just do a quick Google search.
2153409
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.
1627104
NO. The interface SATA is incompatible with ATA in your desktop. I suggest you to buy a new computer, don't waste the money on this part.
1718639
It is supposed to work. You need to have enough room in your case to plug it straight into the motherboard. (At least 2 inches above motherboard clear, maybe 3.) Then you will have to play with the two sata connectors to figure out which is which. Read the other reviews on here about plugging the IDE portion in correctly. It is VERY VERY VERY easy to plug in wrong.
2011267
Yes, it should. It will read it as a slave drive, so the operating system does not matter. It has both IDE and Sata cables. I used it on an IDE hard drive and had no problems.
1180507
There are Sata to IDE adapters, but you will not be able to use it in this enclosure as it only fits SATA drives.
310967
Yes it will. Note that the slot on top works with SATA only. For older IDE drives, you will have to use the included cables.
1331355
Should be able to use it as long as it is a SATA ( serial )drive. Older IDE drives are not compatible.
894325
I'm actually using this as the boot drive on a desktop PC. In mine, the drive fits the mounting rails that would otherwise be used by a floppy drive. The connectors are, of course, SATA and not IDE; You can tell them apart because IDE uses a wide (2-inch), ridged ribbon cable and SATA cables are about a half inch wide and smooth.
1811846
Depends upon your OS. Most new OS can handle it. You also need a certain sort of connector to a motherboard that handles the SATA spec.