New HD connections...

[Dave H]

...are different from the ones on my current (and fooked) HD.My current on has female connections and the new one male connections Can l get adapters to enable connection?

 

[Initiale]

Hard drive? SATA/IDE?

 

[Dave H]

HD seems to be SATA (small copper strips 15 and 7 in number with a 4 pin small connector) and the connectors on the PC are large blocks (female).

 

[Initiale]

This is what I bought, does it look like it will do the job?

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/3518299/Serial-ATA-150-SATA-Data-Cable-Power-Lead-Combo/Product.html

 

[Dave H]

This is what l am trying to convert.The HD at the back is the new one and the one in the foreground is the knackered one.

 

[Initiale]

Yeah the one at the front is IDE or PATA. The new one is a SATA drive. Hopefully your motherboard will have SATA connections so you can hook up the new drive, but you will need a cable set like the one I posted.

Look for a connector like that red one (will probably be black though).

 

[Dave H]

Just had the side panel off...no...there's nothing like that on the board.

 

[Dink]

think you will need something like this

 

[Cookie]

think you will need something like this

Tbf, if his motherboard doesn't have SATA the PC has got to be ancient

What's wrong with just replacing the lot?

 

[Adam]

Tbf, if his motherboard doesn't have SATA the PC has got to be ancient

What's wrong with just replacing the lot?

+1

 

[Dave H]

Would this one work as the others from HK and l don't want to wait 2 weeks?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SATA-TO-IDE-O...ards?hash=item5ad2bbe268&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

It looks like it would plug into an IDE HD whereas l need something to plug into a SATA HD?

 

[Dave H]

Tbf, if his motherboard doesn't have SATA the PC has got to be ancient

What's wrong with just replacing the lot?

Cost?

 

[Dink]

Would this one work as the others from HK and l don't want to wait 2 weeks?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SATA-TO-IDE-O...ards?hash=item5ad2bbe268&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

It looks like it would plug into an IDE HD whereas l need something to plug into a SATA HD?

it does say it will do ide-sata so you'd plug it into your motherboard instead of a hard drive

 

[Dave H]

Pic of my sad mother f**ker board...out of date or not?

 

[Dave H]

it does say it will do ide-sata so you'd plug it into your motherboard instead of a hard drive

Yeah...worth a gamble for a fiver...cheers for your help

 

[Griff]

Pic of my sad mother f**ker board...out of date or not?

The fact the motherboard has "SATA" on it in big letters suggests you didn't look hard enough for the Sata ports.

In fact look to the left of the word "SATA". The ports are both there (Black).

2 x SATA 1.5 Gb/s connectors, support RAID* (RAID 0, RAID 1, JBOD) and "Hot Plug" functions

 

[Dink]

lmao the photo has even got sata in it of your motherboard

 

[Dave H]

The fact the motherboard has "SATA" on it in big letters suggests you didn't look hard enough for the Sata ports.

Only one word to say.... "DOH!"


I hate computers!

 

[Adam]

lol at least you don't need to buy anything else