My aging PC needs a new DVD Writer and its an IDE connection, However all the drives available now (in the UK anyway) seem to be SATA connections. I have seen adaptor connection things available that seem simply convert an IDE connection to a SATA connection.....my question is do these converter "things" work well with no drawback or quality of writing etc etc......
newSATA DVD Rom into an IDE PC
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Given that you can get an adapter for under £2 why not try it?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-in-1-ID...ing_Drive_Cables_Adapters&hash=item19cf710cbf
It may not allow you to write at supersonic speed but still writes.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-in-1-ID...ing_Drive_Cables_Adapters&hash=item19cf710cbf
It may not allow you to write at supersonic speed but still writes.
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If they all look like the one in the picture, I'd be impressed if they work at all. Don't bother with those things.
You can get drives on ebay easily enough: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/360481776685
You can get drives on ebay easily enough: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/360481776685
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I have used one of those type of convertors and it seemed to work just fine.
The one I used needed it's own power supply, easy enough to plug in a spare molex. Also note, the two SATA connections are specific. One for when the host is SATA, another when the host is IDE such as an old IDE motherboard. So do the connections carefully if you use one.
In my case I used one to hook up a SATA hard drive (A spare I had lying around) to an old IDE motherboard. It was a cheap enough fix.
In your case getting a used IDE drive as a replacement is what I would do as there seem to plenty around as people scrap old PC's with otherwise perfectly decent drives in them.
The one I used needed it's own power supply, easy enough to plug in a spare molex. Also note, the two SATA connections are specific. One for when the host is SATA, another when the host is IDE such as an old IDE motherboard. So do the connections carefully if you use one.
In my case I used one to hook up a SATA hard drive (A spare I had lying around) to an old IDE motherboard. It was a cheap enough fix.
In your case getting a used IDE drive as a replacement is what I would do as there seem to plenty around as people scrap old PC's with otherwise perfectly decent drives in them.
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They all need a power supply.
If you're willing to pay £8-10, they work. At £2, good luck.
