can sata drives also be connected to ide?

B

Beemer

I want to buy a pair of sata drives but my present motherboard is using
a PCI 133 ATAPI controller connected to two IDE drives.

Can SATA drives be connected until I get a new motherboard?

Beemer
 
E

Ed Medlin

Beemer said:
I want to buy a pair of sata drives but my present motherboard is using
a PCI 133 ATAPI controller connected to two IDE drives.

Can SATA drives be connected until I get a new motherboard?

Beemer
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No......but SATA PCI controllers can be purchased fairly reasonably and will
save you buying a new MB.

Ed
 
J

John Doe

Ed Medlin said:
No......but SATA PCI controllers can be purchased fairly reasonably
and will save you buying a new MB.
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Does he get the same potential benefit of RAID with just a PCI SATA
controller?
 
A

Atreju

Does he get the same potential benefit of RAID with just a PCI SATA
controller?
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That probably depends upon the controller. Many of them support it.


---Atreju---
 

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