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01-21-2009, 01:08 AM
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connecting non SATA hardrive?
I have a hard drive (non sata) that i want to connect to my M3N-H HDMI motherboard. Can anybody tell me if this is possible and how it can be achieved, seeing as the motherboard only has sata ports?
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01-21-2009, 01:17 AM
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Are you wanting to connect it permanently or just temporarily? If permanent, you would need to get a pci ide controller card such as these. If just temporarily, just use the cable from the cdrom drive to connect the hard drive to transfer data off of it.
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01-21-2009, 01:27 AM
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ok thanks a lot..........if i wanted to upgrade my cd rom drive to a blu ray drive, would it:
a)Need a different connection to the motherboard? b)Provide full blu ray quality video with this mother board and my pci geforce 9600gt? cheers spesh. |
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01-21-2009, 01:37 AM
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You can get a sata dvd drive and that will leave your ide controller port open for the hard drive.
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01-21-2009, 01:39 AM
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Another option would be an external drive case that connects to your PC via USB or eSATA.
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