Connecting old PATA hard drive to new motherboard

tamouq

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Sep 16, 2012
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I have a WD Caviar Blue hard drive. It uses a PATA ribbon cable to connect it to the mobo. I just built a new computer and I want to use that hard drive. However, the mobo in the new computer doesn't have a place to plug in the PATA cable. Is there a type of adapter I can use to hook this up to my mobo. I have included a picture of the PATA cable and socket, along with my new mobo. Any help solving this would be appreciated. Also I have the same issue with a CD drive that uses PATA that I would need an adapter for.

PATA Cable: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pc-interfaces-101,1177-15.html
Mobo:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157315