[SOLVED] Is SCSI to SATA possible?

[Tommy Timebomb]

Hi I would like to ask if my old HP Wokstation XW8000 which runs a 68pin HP Ultra - 320 SCSI drive be converted for SATA.
Is there an adaptor available as in a lead or plug or is there more to it as in an interface.
Also the machine comes with numerous pci slots, pci express for example.
If there is no adaptor as I first mentioned could a pci card with SATA capabilities be used. I need this to be used to boot my PC, so in the absence of the mainboard SCSI would a pci SATA surfice?
Any advice please? Tom

 

[TerryLaze]

so in the absence of the mainboard SCSI would a pci SATA surfice?
Any advice please? Tom

This depends on the capabilities of your BIOS if it is capable of booting from a PCI device then it's going to work but even then you will still need to install drivers for it in windows and depending on what OS you run you might not find any drivers,for example almost no device supports XP anymore...

On the other hand there are cheap IDE to SATA adaptors(careful to choose the right way around or get one that can switch) and those do not require any drivers or any special capability from the bios,the sata drive just shows up as ide.
The Bios is still going to limit the maximum size of drive you can access and the speed will still be very slow no matter if you go for PCI or IDE.

The best solution for you would be to search around for a cheap IDE drive.

 

[Tommy Timebomb]

This depends on the capabilities of your BIOS if it is capable of booting from a PCI device then it's going to work but even then you will still need to install drivers for it in windows and depending on what OS you run you might not find any drivers,for example almost no device supports XP anymore...

On the other hand there are cheap IDE to SATA adaptors(careful to choose the right way around or get one that can switch) and those do not require any drivers or any special capability from the bios,the sata drive just shows up as ide.
The Bios is still going to limit the maximum size of drive you can access and the speed will still be very slow no matter if you go for PCI or IDE.

The best solution for you would be to search around for a cheap IDE drive.

Thanks for the info Terry, along with the other things I need to do re this pc it sounds like it's time to trade it in. Cheers