IDE to Sata Adapter with Blu-ray Burner - Will this work?

[chirpie]

I'm hoping this can be answered with a simple "yup" so here it goes.

I have an 8-core 2008 Mac Pro tower. I need to throw a blu-ray burner in it.

The tower only has IDE interface cables for the two optical drive bays.

Will these play nicely together?

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16812206002

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/LG/WH10LS30KMP/

Or am I better off going external?

That's it. Thanks in advance, peace!

[al2o3cr]

Maybe not what you wanted to hear, but it's a simple "Nope". The adapter you've linked is designed to allow an IDE drive to attach to SATA, not the other way around.

You'll need to either find a native IDE burner (which a quick Google finds pretty much nonexistent), add an internal SATA card or go external.

[chirpie]

Maybe not what you wanted to hear, but it's a simple "Nope". The adapter you've linked is designed to allow an IDE drive to attach to SATA, not the other way around.

You'll need to either find a native IDE burner (which a quick Google finds pretty much nonexistent), add an internal SATA card or go external.

*smacks forehead*

Boy, I'm an idiot.

Thanks man. External drive it is.

[ActionableMango]

Wouldn't something like this work?

http://www.satacables.com/html/sata_to_ide_adapter.html

[DualShock]

Actually, I believe you can use the 2 extra SATA ports underneath the optical drive bay (behind the fan assembly) for a SATA Blu-Ray burner. These 2 ports are in addition to those used for the 4 hard drive bays.

But the ports won't work under Windows I believe. So if you're OS X only, it should work.

But don't quote me on all that, as I haven't done it myself. Perhaps someone else could chime in to confirm.

[crashmaster1]

Wait.... this is what I use...

http://www.amazon.com/SATA-PATA-Drive-Interface-Adapter/dp/B002Y2NI4M/ref=pd_cp_e_1

[chirpie]

Actually, I believe you can use the 2 extra SATA ports underneath the optical drive bay (behind the fan assembly) for a SATA Blu-Ray burner. These 2 ports are in addition to those used for the 4 hard drive bays.

But the ports won't work under Windows I believe. So if you're OS X only, it should work.

But don't quote me on all that, as I haven't done it myself. Perhaps someone else could chime in to confirm.

Thanks for the shout back, we've already used them. Curses! (But that could potentially help someone else)

[chirpie]

Wait.... this is what I use...

http://www.amazon.com/SATA-PATA-Drive-Interface-Adapter/dp/B002Y2NI4M/ref=pd_cp_e_1

Just saw your post.

I'll look into it. Thanks!