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  1. March 28th, 2009, 10:57 PM #1
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    IDE controller for SATA motherboard

    I just bought a new gateway computer, which uses SATA drives. THere is no IDE slot for IDE hard drives. Do I need to purchase a PCI IDE controller?
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  2. March 28th, 2009, 11:18 PM #2
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    Or buy an enclosure and use usb to connect it to your comuter.
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  3. March 28th, 2009, 11:23 PM #3
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    if i want to use this internally, is there anything special i need to worry about in terms of finding the controller? i'm concerned about buying the wrong thing. Is it a straighforward purchase?
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  4. March 29th, 2009, 09:52 AM #4
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    Like this: http://www.directron.com/syata82122r.html
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  5. March 29th, 2009, 10:38 AM #5
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    Usually they have at least 1 controller on the board for IDE.
    Have you checked?
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  6. March 29th, 2009, 03:14 PM #6
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    i did check and there is no controller (very interesting). I did order a PCI controller. THank you very much for your help.
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