Question SATA Options for an old (circa-2002) motherboard

[Kompute]

Hi,

I have an old PC with an Intel D845EPT2 motherboard. It has no SATA connectors on the motherboard, so I'm stuck with IDE. What are the options - if any - for getting SATA drives to work with this? I'm not bothered about speeds, just worried about drives failing and not being able to get hold of IDE ones anymore.

I have a whole bunch of SSDs lying around, though. Problem is they're all SATA, even the spinny disks I have are SATA.

I know there are SATA PCIe controller cards you can get, but not sure if any of those would be compatible with a PC this old, and I'm not even sure if this particular motherboard supports booting via PCIe.

Any guidance would be much appreciated.

 

[rgd1101]

why keep the old pc?

 

[Kompute]

why keep the old pc?

Because that's what I do, upcycle kit. Keep stuff from going to landfill. Refurbish, donate, showcase old tech at roadshows etc. Everything still works. Just getting hard to source IDE spinnys that are in decent condition.

 

[rgd1101]

the slot on that anicent motherboard is pci, not pcie.
and the bios have to support boot from a slot too. is that a thing back then?

there a some adapter https://www.amazon.com/Kingwin-Adapter-Convert-Devices-Compatible/dp/B002SZDOM6/ not sure if they work