Question about SATA/PATA

ImmortalBliss · 06-27-2008, 01:46 PM

Recently, I felt the urge to finally order a DVD drive to fill that empty bay that's been sitting there on my tower since I bought my computer. Anyhow, it arrived a few days ago, so I popped open my computer's case and slid the drive in.

My system's board is PATA oriented, and as I attempted to connect one of my unused PATA power connectors to the back of my new DVD drive, I realized that my new DVD drive needed a SATA connector, and my PATA connector wasn't going to work for me.

Here's where my problem is presented. I'm considering buying a SATA host adapter that would attach to one of my open PCI slots and hooking up the DVD drive to that. What I'd like to know is will I be able to run both PATA and SATA on my motherboard at the same time, and will the DVD drive work if it's hooked up to the host adapter?

magnethead · 06-30-2008, 11:34 PM

Yes you can run IDE (PATA) and SATA simultaneously.

I'd liek to say the DVD drive will run off a PCI host adapter as if it were a mobo port. so yes.

06-27-2008, 01:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
ImmortalBliss Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1 OS: Windows XP - Service Pack 2	Question about SATA/PATA Recently, I felt the urge to finally order a DVD drive to fill that empty bay that's been sitting there on my tower since I bought my computer. Anyhow, it arrived a few days ago, so I popped open my computer's case and slid the drive in. My system's board is PATA oriented, and as I attempted to connect one of my unused PATA power connectors to the back of my new DVD drive, I realized that my new DVD drive needed a SATA connector, and my PATA connector wasn't going to work for me. Here's where my problem is presented. I'm considering buying a SATA host adapter that would attach to one of my open PCI slots and hooking up the DVD drive to that. What I'd like to know is will I be able to run both PATA and SATA on my motherboard at the same time, and will the DVD drive work if it's hooked up to the host adapter?

06-30-2008, 11:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
magnethead Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: TX Posts: 2,084 OS: XPH, 2K My System Blog Entries: 2	Re: Question about SATA/PATA Yes you can run IDE (PATA) and SATA simultaneously. I'd liek to say the DVD drive will run off a PCI host adapter as if it were a mobo port. so yes. __________________ For proper support: what are you running? video card, cpu, m/board, ram, power supply, brand, wattage, any error message? PCI-E requires 26 amps at 12 volts. That's a 650W PSU. Power Supply Info and Selection . Info on thermal compounds & application . TEST PSU USING MULTI-METER