[mythtvnz] Sata to IDE adaptor for myth box

Stephen Worthington stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz
Sun May 3 12:59:24 BST 2009


On Sun, 03 May 2009 21:11:54 +1200, you wrote:

>So, after doing major recovery jobs on my HDD three times in a month, 
>I'm starting to get the hint that its dying (3yr old IDE 200GB Seagate). 
>I'm still running an SD (Intel P3) combined FE/BE with an IDE 
>motherboard, and don't have the cash (or time) right now to do any major 
>upgrades. Looking at prices, SATA is a lot cheaper and generally more 
>future proof, so I thought to get a SATA drive and an adaptor like this:
>
>http://www.pcpacific.net/product_info.php?products_id=5458&osCsid=1afaa60e8f71178f074f6334212366a8 
><http://www.pcpacific.net/product_info.php?products_id=5458&osCsid=1afaa60e8f71178f074f6334212366a8>
>
>Has anyone tried this before? Good/bad experience?
>
>Thanks
>Nick

I have used a similar product to put an IDE drive on a SATA port and
it worked fine.  That price looks good.




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