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Parallel ATA VS serial ATA, hot swapping, herpy derpy doo?


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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
PostPosted: Dec 23 2012 05:22 am Reply with quote Back to top

Um hey probably a lot of dumb questions but here I go, hot swapping hard drives! If I want something like an icy dock swappable hard drive bay installed in an older PC that has Parallel ATA cables (no serial ATA), is there like a dongle or some kind of voodoo I can do to connect the old style Parallel ATA cables to the newer serial ATA?

Or are there swapable bays I can install to the case that are the older Parallel ATA style connection?

I'm not really all that interested in the "hot" part of hot swapping, so I don't mind if I have to power totally down before swapping to avoid borking anything , basically I just want to be able to swap hard drives in and out of my PC without goofing around with the case or faffing about with screwdrivers and whatnot.

I'm probably gonna have to get a newer PC and stop Frankensteining an old one over and over aren't I? Confused



 
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Cameron
Title: :O � O:
Joined: Feb 01 2008
Location: St. Louis, MO
PostPosted: Dec 23 2012 12:51 pm Reply with quote Back to top

This thread is getting me all hot and bothered.


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@om*d
Title: Dorakyura
Joined: Jul 10 2010
Location: Castlevania
PostPosted: Dec 23 2012 01:59 pm Reply with quote Back to top

They make adapters you can buy that should do what you need.


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DarknessDeku
Title: Deku Scrub
Joined: Dec 08 2007
Location: The Forest
PostPosted: Dec 23 2012 03:52 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Cameron wrote:
This thread is getting me all hot and bothered.


I'm too hot and too tired to continue.


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JRA
Joined: Sep 17 2007
Location: The Opium Trail
PostPosted: Dec 24 2012 04:22 pm Reply with quote Back to top

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There are a lot of what if's in life Donny. What if I hit you really hard in the face, knocked yo shit to the back of yo skull? What if I....had you girl gargle my nuts? The fact remains, you are a fuckin mutant.
 
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Horn Abbot
Joined: Jul 21 2011
PostPosted: Dec 27 2012 05:18 pm Reply with quote Back to top

jesus christ just buy a new PC
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DarknessDeku
Title: Deku Scrub
Joined: Dec 08 2007
Location: The Forest
PostPosted: Dec 27 2012 05:25 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Seriously, you should check out these forums because I doubt anybody here can help you:

http://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc
http://teksyndicate.com/forum/build-pc

You'll see me around the Tek Syndicate forums with the same avatar.


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