2 Sata DVD Drives, 1 IDE port

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#1

This is more of a general question about installing the drives than about the specific products. I have two Plextor PX-806SA DVD Burners that I’m trying to install in a Dell Dimension 2400 at work. The drives are SATA and the computer’s motherboard has only two IDE ports, one attached to the hard drive and the other free. I purchased all the necessary cables, SATA power cables were not included with drives, as well as two SATA to IDE two-way converters. I cannot figure out a way to connect both drives. I looked at SATA multiports but they seem too expensive for my purposes.

If anyone knows of any way to connect two SATA drives to a motherboard with only one available IDE port it would be of great help.

#2

Hi and Welcome!

the much better option would be to install a PCI Sata controller card instead of these adapters.
Controllers with Silicon Image Chipset are known to work, so you might go through this thread http://club.cdfreaks.com/f7/silicon-image-based-sata-ide-controllers-flashable-not-252721/ for product recommendations.

To feed power to the drives, you need an inexpensive Molex-Sata power adapter.

Michael

#3

Thanks,
That does look like a better option, however my motherboard does not appear to have any available PCI slots…

#4

According to the manual, there should be three PCI slots. No idea if all of them are already occupied.

Michael