Playboy Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 Well my brother's internal hard drive crashed on his computer so I bought him a new hard drive. I went to hook it up this afternoon and well, the connections don't match. The connections for the harddrive off the motherboard are Serial ATA. The hard drive is a Ultra ATA. So, with that being said, can I buy a cable that will allow me to hook up this hard drive?-Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7 VII 7 Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 depending on the motherobard there should still be a ATA port also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playboy Posted March 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 I see an parrell ata port that a Y ribbon(branchs to two)...each running to the two cd/dvd drives. Should I buy a ribbon that has 3 ends and then just tag in the aux power hookup off the power source to power the hard drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aequitas_Veritas Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 nope, return it and get a serial ATA HD, they are much faster anyways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudge_Brownie Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 nope, return it and get a serial ATA HD, they are much faster anyways+1, go back to the store and try to get a SATA drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T5BRICK Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 You can buy adapters, they're a few bucks on ebay. Abit made one a few years back called the "Serillel II" adapter.But honestly, the other folks are right, you would be better off returning it and buying a serial ATA drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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