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IDE to SATA conversion.

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by jfrank54

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I recently built a new system for a client of mine. Of course this system uses SATA interface. I atttempted to setup his old IDE drive as a slave using an IDE to SATA converter. The drive will not be recognized, not even in BIOS. Tried different configs. Any solution? I have a job coming up that will upgrade a Server running Windows 2000 server on an IDE hard drive to a new server with SATA hard drives. This client wants to clone this hard drive to the new hard drive. I was thinking of using the converter. Is it possible.

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by thechas

Did you set the jumpers on the IDE drive to slave mode?

If so, I believe that is your problem. With only a single drive connected to the IDE cable, the jumper setting should be single / master w/o slave.

Chas

by jfrank54

I tried different jumper settingd on the IDE drive. The IDE drive is not connected to an IDE cable. I'm using a SATA cable through the IDE to SATA converter. I've heard people have had varying amount of success using these converters.

by santa-noob

I have the exact same problem...If u have fixed it..please tell me how lol

by ghostbrowser

Hi the problem may 1 of 2 things
1 If the mboard is sata 2 (300) it may need to be set sata 1 (150)
The converter is most likely sata 1(150)
Ide drives top speed is ata 133
2 If the ide drive is not ata 133 it may be to slow for the converter

Also the common jumpers on ide drives
Master Label = MA
Slave Label = SL
Cable Select = CS
Use a jumper on only 1 of these
The converters seem to work if the jumper is on MA or CS

I hope this helps
Good Luck

by ajgupta123

I have the same problem. I tried all jumper settings, still the BIOS does not recognize.

I am trying to add a SONY DRU800A DVD writer with a IDE-SATA adapter from geeks.com and connecting to an Dell E521 computer mother board.

If you have been able to solve your problem, pl let me know how ?

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