Mixing Sata & ATA drives
dseisun-hydrocolloid-com
San Diego, CA
This is from a beginner when it comes to hardware.
I have a Dell Dimension 4600 Pentium 4 with an 80GB ATA Maxtor drive which is nearly full.
I would like to transition everything to a new 500GB SATA (Seagate or W Digital) and keep the old 80GB as extra storage.
a) Can I mix & match an SATA drive and ATA drive on the same computer? The mother board does have two SATA connectors available.
b) The existing power supply has extra power cables but they are the same as the ATA power source. I thought SATA needed different power cabel connectors? (there is one extra power connector with 8 wires also but more squarish than rectangular (how non-technical can one get!!)
Keeping fingers crossed.
Dennis
I have a Dell Dimension 4600 Pentium 4 with an 80GB ATA Maxtor drive which is nearly full.
I would like to transition everything to a new 500GB SATA (Seagate or W Digital) and keep the old 80GB as extra storage.
a) Can I mix & match an SATA drive and ATA drive on the same computer? The mother board does have two SATA connectors available.
b) The existing power supply has extra power cables but they are the same as the ATA power source. I thought SATA needed different power cabel connectors? (there is one extra power connector with 8 wires also but more squarish than rectangular (how non-technical can one get!!)
Keeping fingers crossed.
Dennis
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2) SATA drives often do need different connectors, but some SATA drives use the traditional 4-pin plugs that all other drives use. At worst you can buy an adapter.