P4P800-E Dlx Promise Controller with SATA CD or DVD - poss..

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OK, I think I understand that the SATA connectors on the P4P800-E Deluxe
can't be used with CD or DVD drives, only with SATA hard disks. But is it
at least possible that a BIOS upgrade will add this capability, or will I
need to plug in a third-party PCI card to use a SATA DVD with this board?

Thanks for any wisdom on this.

Edward Mendelson

 

[Glen]

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If the SATA connectors wont accept a cd or dvd then buy a SATA - IDE
converter and plug your serial dvd into an ide controler.

Glen

"Edward Mendelson" <edward_mendelson@ziff-spamaway-davis.com> wrote in
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> OK, I think I understand that the SATA connectors on the P4P800-E Deluxe
> can't be used with CD or DVD drives, only with SATA hard disks. But is it
> at least possible that a BIOS upgrade will add this capability, or will I
> need to plug in a third-party PCI card to use a SATA DVD with this board?
>
> Thanks for any wisdom on this.
>
> Edward Mendelson
>
>

 

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Excellent - Thanks. I hadn't even thought of that. So far I've found only
one SATA-IDE converter that converts a SATA drive to IDE (there are plenty
that convert IDE drives to SATA) - from Addonics. Are there others around?

Edward Mendelson

"Glen" <meetfreeaddress@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> If the SATA connectors wont accept a cd or dvd then buy a SATA - IDE
> converter and plug your serial dvd into an ide controler.
>
> Glen

 

[Glen]

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Not sure Edward I've never had to use them. I would expect you could get
them. Start by searching online. If you find them somewhere in the world you
could get a local shop to order one.

Glen

"Edward Mendelson" <edward_mendelson@ziff-spamaway-davis.com> wrote in
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> Excellent - Thanks. I hadn't even thought of that. So far I've found only
> one SATA-IDE converter that converts a SATA drive to IDE (there are plenty
> that convert IDE drives to SATA) - from Addonics. Are there others around?
>
> Edward Mendelson
>
> "Glen" <meetfreeaddress@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:40c082e4_2@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
> > If the SATA connectors wont accept a cd or dvd then buy a SATA - IDE
> > converter and plug your serial dvd into an ide controler.
> >
> > Glen
>
>

 

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That's what I did - the Addonics was the only one I found, which was
slightly puzzling. But one is all I need, so the Addonics should be fine....

"Glen" <meetfreeaddress@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:40c2b5f3$1_1@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
> Not sure Edward I've never had to use them. I would expect you could get
> them. Start by searching online. If you find them somewhere in the world
you
> could get a local shop to order one.
>
> Glen