• Connecting a SCSI hdd to a motherboard that supports SATA
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The new PC I'm ordering has a motherboard that doesn't support SCSI but supports SATA. My current PC has a SCSI hard drive. I was wondering if there are any adapters, how much on average do they cost? Is it cheaper/better to just buy a new internal SATA hard drive instead of re-using my old one? The motherboard in question is the Asus M4A77TD, and according to the description it supports these: 6 x SATA 3Gb/s / RAID 0,1,5 and 10, 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 (SB710) Thanks in advance.
If your current PC uses SCSI then just pull the SCSI controller and use it in the new system. You cannot get a SCSI to SATA adapter, SCSI disks need a separate controller and you can't just use a little PCB conversion attachment like you can with PATA to SATA drives. Exactly what kind of SCSI disk are you using right now? If you're looking at buying a new controller the price [i]really[/i] varies depending on the standard of SCSI drive.
Chances are, it's just sata. Windows likes to report some sata drives as SCSI drives.
I opened up my PC and checked. The drive is connected to a SATA port on the motherboard, so it is likely it will also work on the new mobo. [editline]05:09PM[/editline] [QUOTE=ButtsexV2;21765243]Chances are, it's just sata. Windows likes to report some sata drives as SCSI drives.[/QUOTE] Also, this is correct. It says SATA on the HDD itself, windows reported it as SCSI for some reason.
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