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

chirpie

chirpie

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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.
 
al2o3cr said:
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.
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*smacks forehead*

Boy, I'm an idiot.

Thanks man. External drive it is.
 
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.
 
DualShock said:
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.
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Thanks for the shout back, we've already used them. Curses! (But that could potentially help someone else)
 
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