Serial ATA question

misterman87 · Jan 6, 2003, 03:00 PM

Hi guys I have a question I have a Asus P4PE board that has serial ata can i use the serial ata ports on my hard drives and also use my other ide ports for my DVD and CDRW at the same time without a problem thanks guys

Dom · Jan 6, 2003, 03:21 PM

You can use SATA to hook-up your harddisks, but you need an SATA to IDE converter. You should have no problem hooking-up your DVD & CD-RW.

misterman87 · Jan 6, 2003, 06:19 PM

Thanks for the quick reply I think i will buy a serial to ata adapter from abit what do you think it should work thanks again

Jan 6, 2003, 03:00 PM	#1
misterman87 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey Posts: 52 Rep Power: 0	Serial ATA question Hi guys I have a question I have a Asus P4PE board that has serial ata can i use the serial ata ports on my hard drives and also use my other ide ports for my DVD and CDRW at the same time without a problem thanks guys

Jan 6, 2003, 03:21 PM	#2
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	You can use SATA to hook-up your harddisks, but you need an SATA to IDE converter. You should have no problem hooking-up your DVD & CD-RW. Last edited by Dom; Jan 6, 2003 at 03:28 PM.

Jan 6, 2003, 06:19 PM	Thread Starter #3
misterman87 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey Posts: 52 Rep Power: 0	Hi Thanks for the quick reply I think i will buy a serial to ata adapter from abit what do you think it should work thanks again