Ok so my sata converter is b0rked

DavidQ · 21 Dec 2006 at 21:20

I've recently just built myself a new pc, however my new motherboard only has one IDE slot which is now occupied by my DVD/RW. I had a 300gb Seagate Baracuda in my old pc which contains most of my media, so I got myself a converter that clicks into the ide port of my hdd and them into the sata part of my motherboard. The hard drive itself gets power and you can hear it moving but it will not detect in the bios, so I put it into my ICYBOX and it works fine. I can access it and get all my files, is there any other form of converter/cable that I could use so I can have my 300GB hdd running internally rather than my icybox.

Thanks

rpstewart · 21 Dec 2006 at 21:29

Have you connected power to the converter itself? Normally these things need a floppy power connector to power the converter circuitry.

DavidQ · 21 Dec 2006 at 21:45

Indeed, the converter came with a molex connector. Everything was plugged in and I even tried a different SATA slot.

rpstewart · 21 Dec 2006 at 21:51

Is the HDD setup as a master device?

EDIT: scratch that. You can run the HDD and the DVD as a master / slave pair on the one IDE cable so there's no need for the converter at all.

DavidQ · 21 Dec 2006 at 22:10

Alrighty then, I'll give it a shot. Cheers for the advice