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Old 01-10-2005, 06:33 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Where to get Ide to Sata card/cable/convertor etc


Where to get Ide to Sata card/cable/convertor etc in bombay
i want to connect dvd drive to motherboard but it does not have slot
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Old 01-10-2005, 01:17 PM   #2 (permalink)
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cmon man,

those cables r available at any hardware shop near u....just checkout d closest vendor around u.....ide cables as i know are available cheap in d market......provided quality proportionals price.....
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My motherboard is not having SATA port can I use a SATA HDD, is there any such SATA to IDE converter cable?

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My motherboard is not having SATA port can I use a SATA HDD, is there any such SATA to IDE converter cable?

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cmon man,

those cables r available at any hardware shop near u....just checkout d closest vendor around u.....ide cables as i know are available cheap in d market......provided quality proportionals price.....
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Man i am asking ide to sata to connect my dvd drive to sata port
i have done enquiry and i got ide card but it supports hard disk not dvd or cd drive
also manual says it didnt support drives

please tell where in bombay i can get it and their tel number by pm
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thanks
i will be thankfull to you
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well though i dun live in mumbai but i have lotsa ppl in touch conerned wit hardware...i'll see if i can do anything....gimmi some time...will check...meanwhile u keep trying

but man how come u dun have ide slot in ur mobo...it shud have 2 ide slots (ide1 n ide2) n u can use dvd, hdd n cd drives as pri master, slave etc. newez im trying frm my side....gud luk

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well though i dun live in mumbai but i have lotsa ppl in touch conerned wit hardware there...i'll see if i can do anything....gimmi some time...will check...meanwhile u keep trying

but man how come u dun have ide slot in ur mobo...it shud have 2 ide slots (ide1 n ide2) n u can use dvd, hdd n cd drives as pri master, slave etc. newez im trying frm my side....gud luk

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thanks speedyguy for your reply
i have asrock motherboard it has 1 ide slot
i have 2 hard disk
1 dvd writer
1 dvd drive that i dont want to keep as i have purcahsed it 6 months ago

so i needed 4 ide to connect

please help if u can
ide card that is in market is raid and does not support dvd or cd drive. though seller says it supports.but in manual it tells no
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1st of all i apologise for that double post...may be due to my network problem here...

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so u mean u need ide for 2 hdd n 2 dvd drive...thats 4 or ie 2 ide slots n u have only 1 ide slot so u can connect only 2 ide drives....well lets c here...will look for ide to sata

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no i want currently 1 etc ide port for dvd drive to connect
but if possible 2 ide ports will be nice if available.
yes i needed need ide for 2 hdd n 2 dvd drive
so 2 drives . in that i have purchased ide card so hard disk is connected
now remaining is dvd drive
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Why do u want to convert ur SATA ports to IDE? Why don't u buy one IDE card, put it in a free PCI slot and get 2 IDE ports? Duh..!!
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Old 08-10-2005, 03:26 AM   #12 (permalink)
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i have bought ide card puja399
and i can connect hard disk to it
dvd or cd drive didnt work on that
it is not detected
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