Adding IDE card to SATA motherboard

[Dotan Cohen]

On 15/10/2007, Alan Cox <alan at lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> > ports, and I've got too much IDE hardware to junk it and buy SATA. How
> > well do PCI cards that add IDE ports work? Any known gotchas? Does the
>
> So long as they are supported they just work. Most are. Your choice does
> drop dramatically if you have no PCI slots just newer stuff however.
>
> > OS see them as different from the M/B's IDE ports? Specifically, I
> > need to run two DVD burners and two 400 GB hard drives, all IDE, on a
> > motherboard with one IDE controller and one SATA controller. Should
> > the hard drives be on the M/B, and the burners (rarely used) on the
> > card, or vice versa?
>
> On a PCI bus system put the most important devices on motherboard ports
> as they are usually on a much faster bus. With newer busses its much less
> of an issue.
>
> Alan
>

Thanks. The PCI card with the IDE ports is rather old, and second
hand, so I'm not sure if it's of the 'just works' variety. I guess
that I'll try it on an old motherboard first, see how it works, and
only then decide [not] to use it.

Thanks.

Dotan Cohen

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