Storage Solutions Sata hard disk for no sata port motherboard?

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I have 500gb hard disc. Its making noise and not booting when in horizontal position.
Now I have kept it vertical and its booting! Hard disc is out of warranty also.:cry:

I wanted to ask if I can get sata hard disc working with those sata to ide convertor cards available. Will it work?
I mean like these convertors available on ebay:
eBay India: 2 in 1 IDE to SATA / SATA to IDE Adapter Converter (item 130469958396 end time 06-Jan-2011 10:35:50 IST)
eBay India: IDE and SATA Converter Attach IDE HDD to SATA Port (item 390276514039 end time 05-Jan-2011 21:32:55 IST)

I have Asus A7V400-MX motherboard
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) , MMX, 3DNow, ~1.0GHz
I know my pc config is crap in todays age, plz don't laugh.:blushing:
Attached my dxdiag file in zip.

I am thinking for sata hard disc because they are cheap than normal pata ones. Also I am currently not in position to spend much money.:'(

Please help the poor guy.:down: Waiting for your advice guys.:flowers:
 

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Of course you can, but you will have live with the pata bandwidth.
Check the market section you might get a sata2ide converter.
 
So in order to mount it in vertical position you need this converter ?. Is it not possible to use your IDE cable itself ?. As CA50 pointed out, even if you use a converter you will get pata bandwidth only.. So its better to stay with pata cable for your hdd....
 
Don't go for Sata to IDE adapter...I tried one...Its a total crap....!!!

Buy a IDE HDD that's the best alternate...
 
Yeah PCI- SATA card will add upto four SATA ports and you can put a new SATA hard disk it is the most future proof and cost effective route in my view :)
 
anfjavid said:
So in order to mount it in vertical position you need this converter ?. Is it not possible to use your IDE cable itself ?. As CA50 pointed out, even if you use a converter you will get pata bandwidth only.. So its better to stay with pata cable for your hdd....
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No no thats not what I meant. My hard disc is working only when kept vertical. When its kept horizontal it makes some noise and then it don't boot giving error DISC BOOT FAILURE but its shows in bios!

So I have a feel that my hard disc is coming close to its end days.:(

m.khurana said:
Don't go for Sata to IDE adapter...I tried one...Its a total crap....!!!

Buy a IDE HDD that's the best alternate...
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I am thinking sata hard disc with convertor because in sata I may get more gb space with less cost, pata is costly now with less capacity.:flowers:

CA50 said:
Well there is another option you can use : pci-sata cards

Newegg.com - SYBA SD-SATA-4P PCI SATA Controller Card
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vivacious_tg said:
You can buy ide to sata connectors locally for 100-150 bucks.
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Thanks I would check where I would get cheap one in local or online!

But the biggest problem is to see if it would support my motherboard! Any idea how much my motherboard would handle hard disc capacity? Will it handle 1TB sata hdd?:juggle:

CA50 said:
Of course you can, but you will have live with the pata bandwidth.

Check the market section you might get a sata2ide converter.
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Pata bandwidth is OK for me, speed is not much important to me, more gb space is valuable.:)

ALPHA17 said:
Yeah PCI- SATA card will add upto four SATA ports and you can put a new SATA hard disk it is the most future proof and cost effective route in my view :)
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Ya thats good thinking if ever I could upgrade my pc then sata hard disc bought now would be handy.:clap:

But I don't think upgrade would come atleast in coming 2 years for me.:'(

I should now check if this convertor thing works with sata hdd on my motherboard as early as possible before my current hdd goes down.:gap:

:thanx: guys for your prompt replies.:)
 
Get a sata based pci card, dump, in your system and lo you will get sata ports, its easy and cheap and more future proof then this converter method
 
SOrry for bumping.

But for how much does the pci to sata port adaptor costs.I am looking for atleast 4 or 4+ ports one adaptor.Also any brand to go for or cheaper one will do?
 
^ actually these PCI cards are not branded stuffs, they can be said as generic PCB with a SATA controller, a PCI-SATA conversion chip and few other components and of course sata ports. The performance is almost same, all that differs is the SATA controller and that controller chip. Don't worry go ahead and grab one :)
 
If i am not wrong, the max performance will be the PCI bandwidth regardless of the SATA HDD or its controller.

PS: correct me if i am wrong
 
PCI bandwidth (32-bit, 33MHz) is 133MB/s. Although this is shared between slots.

But assuming he has no other PCI devices, I don't think a single SATA hard disk would saturate PCI bandwidth.
 
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