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gwlogue
12-13-2009, 10:42 AM
I have been asked to slave a drive from a failed system (about 5 years old) into a new system the owner bnought yesterday. I am guessing the new destop will have a SATA drive. Do the new systems generally still support IDE drives?
Train
12-13-2009, 11:37 AM
Most of them do, and I use the cd/dvd rom ribbon if present.
Sometimes I have to use my ribbon as everything is SATA and nothing is plugged into the ide slot.
gwlogue
12-13-2009, 12:40 PM
I opened the system and there does not appear to be an IDE controller to connect the old drive to. The motherboard is an IPIEL-LA3 and I checked the specs online. I don't see any IDE support in the specs. Are there adapters to connect and IDE drive to a SATA drive or controller?
Midknyte
12-13-2009, 12:54 PM
You would either need to buy a PCI IDE adapter card or a SATA-IDE adapter.

Some SATA to IDE adapters are flimsy, so I'd probably go with a PCI card.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&Depa=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=ide%20to%20sata%20adapter&IsRelated=1&cm_sp=KeywordRelated-_-ide_to_sata-_-ide%20to%20sata%20adapter
gwlogue
12-13-2009, 01:06 PM
I did not know that and IDE hard drive can connect to a PCI connector on the motherboard. Thanks
Train
12-13-2009, 01:47 PM
Check out the blue connector next to the ram.

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c01736817.pdf

That is the upgrade and service manual. Page 46 figures 8 and 9.
Midknyte
12-13-2009, 01:47 PM
IDE PCI adapters are nothing new.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=pci+ide+card&x=0&y=0
gwlogue
12-13-2009, 04:47 PM
That connector is not there on the board I have:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01746799&tmp_track_link=ot_faqs/top_issues/en_ch/c01746799/loc:3&lc=en&dlc=de&cc=ch&lang=de&product=3945557

But thanks for the link to the manual.
gwlogue
12-13-2009, 06:12 PM
Took a couple of visits to stores to find this (http://sewelldirect.com/SATA-to-IDE-Converter.asp) and I got a lesson in the quality of the tech/sales staff in these stores. I learned never to go into one unarmed and always shop around, not so much for prices but for quality of staff.