How to install 3 IDE equipment to a motherboard with only one IDE plug-in?

S

smith

HI, all.

I have two IDE hard disks and one DVD-ROM, Now I have to install them to a
newly motherboard with only 1 x ATA 100, how can I do it? Thanks.
 
M

Malke

smith said:
HI, all.

I have two IDE hard disks and one DVD-ROM, Now I have to install them to a
newly motherboard with only 1 x ATA 100, how can I do it? Thanks.

Purchase a PCI drive controller card.


Malke
 
D

David B.

Or purchase an adapter to convert the IDE drives to SATA, but I found that
these can be a bit flakey.
 
S

smlunatick

Or purchase an adapter to convert the IDE drives to SATA, but I found that
these can be a bit flakey.

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An IDE to USB enclosure can also be used
 
S

smith

Any brand is OK?
Would the card affect the data through the harddisk? Is it reliable?
Thanks
 
P

Paul

smith said:
Why the SATA to IDE or IDE to SATA converter is " a bit flakey?

Not all adapter devices were designed correctly. Some are
not complete implementations. To buy one, you have to check
the reviews, do a google search to discover the history
of the device. If other people report good results, then
you should get good results as well.

Paul
 
P

PvdG42

Paul said:
Not all adapter devices were designed correctly. Some are
not complete implementations. To buy one, you have to check
the reviews, do a google search to discover the history
of the device. If other people report good results, then
you should get good results as well.

Paul
Amen to that!
I had one that took forever to initialize on boot under XP, and then would
not work at all with a newer motherboard and Vista.
It was a Highpoint RocketHead 100. I doubt you'll be offered this model, but
avoid!
 
D

David B.

What exactly does "Would the card affect the data through the hard disk"
mean?
I prefer the Promise brand of cards, but most will give you no problems.
 

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