SATA Optical Drives ??

varun_ag · 26-04-2005, 04:23 PM

Are there any SATA Optical drives ( CD-ROMS , CD Writers , DVDROMS , DVD Writers etc.) in the market ??

I want to connect my cd writer and DVD rom to my system . But don't have any PATA interface available on my motherboard.

If there are no SATA optical drives out then how are other people managing as new motherboards have are slowly having less & less number of PATA connectors.

Are there any SATA to PATA or PCT to PATA adaptors available ??
:roll:

Keith Sebastian · 26-04-2005, 05:51 PM

[quote="varun_ag"
I want to connect my cd writer and DVD rom to my system . But don't have any PATA interface available on my motherboard.
[/quote]

Didn't you know before buying the board?

godzi_85 · 26-04-2005, 07:40 PM

well there is one plextor sata dvd writer.. but review`s have stated that it has a lot of problems.... so you stay away from em.... plus the dvd writer isn`t available in india either..

grinning_devil · 26-04-2005, 07:52 PM

:roll: :roll:
which motherboard ru using???
nd frm where have u purchased it???

nishantv2003 · 26-04-2005, 09:43 PM

MSI have sata cdrom see www.msi.com.tw

pradeep_chauhan · 26-04-2005, 11:32 PM

SATA optical drives have started comming in the market and adaptors are also available. But i would suggest that you stay away from the adaptors as the speed advantage is lost by use of the adaptors.

sidewinder · 27-04-2005, 10:57 PM

most probably he is using intel 925 x series mobo.they dont support ddr only ddr2,no pata...only sata and costs a lot of money

varun_ag · 28-04-2005, 04:56 PM

I have D915GAV board with only one PATA interface and 4 SATA interface. I have connected a PATA hard disk and a CD writer to PATA interface. But now I want to add another optical drive. BTW I am having 7 optical drives purched over a period of time and now I want them to use them in new computer.
How could I do this . Please help.

Any talked of adapters What are these ?? SATA to PATA ??
What is the cost ??

grinning_devil · 28-04-2005, 07:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by varun_ag

BTW I am having 7 optical drives purched over a period of time and now I want them to use them in new computer.
How could I do this . Please help.

u wanna use 7 optical drives on a single PC ???
then why the hell companies came with combo drives...!!!!

pradeep_chauhan · 28-04-2005, 08:13 PM

No problems buy a rocket raid sata adaptor card it gives you 16 sata ports with IDE converters. The card will sit in a pci slot and you can connect all your drives to it.

grinning_devil · 28-04-2005, 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pradeep_chauhan

No problems buy a rocket raid sata adaptor card it gives you 16 sata ports with IDE converters. The card will sit in a pci slot and you can connect all your drives to it.

approx price ????
though after connecting all devices the inside of pc will be a nice messy congested place!!!

quad master · 28-04-2005, 10:00 PM

@pradeep_chauhan

rocket raid sata adaptor card - where can i get it here in Mumbai and for
how much.

And How is the performance of that Raid Controller