IDE + SATA HDD

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Hi,

I bought a 300GB IDE HDD when my pc died last year. Since then I've upgraded my pc. What I want to know is:

Can i run my IDE with a SATA HDD, SATA as the main HDD?, and how easy is it to set up?
or do I have to get one of those IDE to SATA converter thingies?

The reason why I ask is because not so long ago I put an IDE HDD in my bro's pc (which uses a SATA as primary) and the whole system totally crashed. Speed is not an issue with the IDE HDD as it will be storing stuff that I dont use.

Thanks in advance,
 
Oy, I just answered your other question and now your asking another one :D

Answer: Depends on your BIOS. I've seen some BIOS's that treat the SATA drive as and IDE drive. Consider a BIOS upgrade if things don;t look like they're working.
 
Deenem said:
Oy, I just answered your other question and now your asking another one :D
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LOL, ye.

um well ive got the M2N SLI Deluxe, and another thing that i dont know and probably will never know is how to do the bios.

um, will the newer boards be able to support this, as mine is quite new.
 
I had a really bad experience mixing SATA and IDE drives a few months ago. My PC slowed to a crawl and every time I copied something from one drive to the other, there was about a 30% chance that the whole PC would freeze. The tech support guy at the store where I bought the SATA drive told me it's a fairly common problem. I removed the IDE drive and now everything is fine.
 
dje said:
I had a really bad experience mixing SATA and IDE drives a few months ago. My PC slowed to a crawl and every time I copied something from one drive to the other, there was about a 30% chance that the whole PC would freeze. The tech support guy at the store where I bought the SATA drive told me it's a fairly common problem. I removed the IDE drive and now everything is fine.
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would a IDE to SATA converter fix this kind of problem?

http://www.dynax.co.za/product_info.php?products_id=530&osCsid=4f51b0bf330a923f0408a8efbc5802de
 
I've been running my PC with 2 SATA HDD and 2 IDE HDD without any problems since January. I think mixing IDE and SATA is OK if your motherboard is fairly new or your BIOS is up to date.
 
dje said:
I had a really bad experience mixing SATA and IDE drives a few months ago. My PC slowed to a crawl and every time I copied something from one drive to the other, there was about a 30% chance that the whole PC would freeze. The tech support guy at the store where I bought the SATA drive told me it's a fairly common problem. I removed the IDE drive and now everything is fine.
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Did you use an Sata to IDE converter to run the IDE Hdd? Or Was there an IDE interface on your mobo?

I'm running an Asus P5k and have a 320GB Sata and an 80GB IDE (on a dedicated ide on mobo), with no problems at all ;)
 
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The MB had both IDE and SATA built-in.

In answer to the question about the converter: I have no idea :-).
 
i have two IDE and 5 SATA hard drives running.. on a 2006 mobo though.. no issues.
 
would get usb 2 ide external case... cheap.. should solve problem and you can keep the ide as long as you want
 
greggpb said:
would get usb 2 ide external case... cheap.. should solve problem and you can keep the ide as long as you want
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That is what I have done with the remaining IDE drives I have. IDE can be a bother at the best of times, but when you try to mix it with one IDE and one SATA drive, it often does not turn out well.
 
Can i run my IDE with a SATA HDD, SATA as the main HDD?, and how easy is it to set up?
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Yeah just put your IDE jumper on slave also if u have a cd/dvdrom put the jumper on slave as well then u will not have problems. Your sata will then be your master. Some sata drives needs u to install drivers sometimes just lookout for that.

If u do just put your cd/dvd on master jumper and the ide on cable select.
 
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