 EmilioGWhats This?Premium
join:2000-09-19
New York, NY | [hard drive] IDE & SATA....Together..? Is it possible to have a two HDD system where one HDD is SATA (using a Pci adapter) and the other HDD is IDE?
Also, if I buy an IDE to SATA Pci adapter card, in order to use two SATA HDD's, the Pci SATA adapter needs to have two separate SATA connections right? No plugging in two SATA HDD's into one SATA connection? |
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| Yes, you can use both at the same time.
Also yes, each drive has its own connection. If you want 2 drives, you need a 2-port sATA adapter. |
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 KilroyPremium,MVM
join:2002-11-21
Ann Arbor, MI | reply to EmilioG
Yes. How it will work will all depend on the PCI adapter you purchase. There are no issues with mixing IDE and SATA drives in the same machine. You may have some issues depending on which drive you want to boot.
One SATA drive per SATA connection.
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don't expect sata speeds with that adapter.
y not just return the drive and get one that works with your motherboard? |
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EmilioGWhats This?Premium
join:2000-09-19
New York, NY | said by longstreet:don't expect sata speeds with that adapter. y not just return the drive and get one that works with your motherboard? No, I haven't purchased a SATA drive yet. Just wondering if and how they work. So what is the sense of selling SATA Pci adapters if you can't get SATA speeds or anything close to SATA? |
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1 edit | You are limited to the speed of the BUS you are connected to, regardless of adapter speed/type
Think about an adapter that fits a big pipe into a smaller one. The smaller pipe can't handle all the information of the larger one.
So if you have a IDE bus on the motherboard and a sata adapter into it, your sata drive will be throttled down to IDE speeds. |
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 Sandman5Premium
join:2002-07-10
Strafford, MO | said by longstreet:You are limited to the speed of the BUS you are connected to, regardless of adapter speed/type Think about an adapter that fits a big pipe into a smaller one. The smaller pipe can't handle all the information of the larger one. So if you have a IDE bus on the motherboard and a sata adapter into it, your sata drive will be throttled down to IDE speeds. Actually you're limited to the speed of the PCI bus. A PCI SATA adapter does not use the IDE channel.
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EmilioGWhats This?Premium
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New York, NY | Grreat, thanks guys. |
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