Resources for IT Professionals. Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. When the computer boots it includes the converted drive in a transparent manner. Since the black connector attaches directly to the end of your disk drive, you need to have the inch or two of extra space to mount it.
Another alternative is to buy an adapter card that plugs into the motherboard and has the sockets you need. Be sure the driver supports your operating system and its version level before purchase. Drive dongles like the Syba do not require device drivers. I use them to avoid driver compatibility issues because I run Linux.
Should you decide to purchase any compatibility hardware, be sure to read product descriptions and user reviews before buying. His hobby is refurbishing computers as a form of social work and environmental contribution.
Read his other articles here. You know what? This was my thought. Or buy a SATA card for older hardware. PCI or whatever. A lot of SATA connectors have their faults, but getting rid of ribbon cables was one of the best things that ever happened, for me. I am fairly technically astute, but I still appreciate this article, because I want to upgrade an old machine, and the drive compatibility was my biggest question.
First, thanks for the article. I found it very thorough and well written. Why anyone is complaining about a solid overview is beyond me. Anyway, I have been working on this same problem recently and hit a snag that was not addressed.
I have a new machine with SATA only. I have a removable rack in the front of the machine to make this easy. Both of them would lock up the system at boot time if there was no drive installed in the rack.
Anybody have any ideas? Since this is supposed to be copmletely transparent it should work on any system. Your disk maker will have details specific to that model for the jumper settings, they should be set to master. Untill the correct jumper settings are set, do not attempt to do anything else. If you need to retrieve data, you will lose everything on the drive if you attempt 'initialise' in Disk Management.
The only thing you can do in Disk Management, once the jumpers are set correctly, is to assign a drive letter if one isnt assigned. Was this reply helpful? What if you only connect one IDE drive in at a time? Maybe the powersupply is not up to running so many drives or the jumpers are not being set right.
Some drives have a Master with Slave jumper setting setting. Or try Cable Select. As Seen On. Welcome to Tech Support Guy! Latest posts N. Hisense smart tv vpn no 'internet connection' 2 Viewers Latest: nrx 3 minutes ago. Windows 10 activity light.
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