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Aragorn · 06-04-2005, 16:49

Yes, with almost any SATA & IDE Mobo you can have 4 IDE devices (2 channels with Master/Slave) and two SATA. The convertor is only needed if you have old IDE drives and you don't want to change the drives to native SATA.

06-04-2005, 16:49	#16
Aragorn Inactive Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Minas Tirith, Gondor Age: 60 Posts: 3,458	Re: Ide HDD to sata Yes, with almost any SATA & IDE Mobo you can have 4 IDE devices (2 channels with Master/Slave) and two SATA. The convertor is only needed if you have old IDE drives and you don't want to change the drives to native SATA.