I have a Dell PC with a very dead Philips 8631DVD player and have been given a brand new LG GH22 replacement, problem is that the original is PATA and the replacement is SATA. Can I buy an adaptor or is it a non starter? Whole thing is a PITA ;-)
Thanks
Adaptors are readily available. e.g.
En el artículo , johno escribió:
Millions of 'em on ebay starting at about a quid, if you don't mind a wait for it to come from China.
I bought a selection of different ones ranging from about 80p to 2.99 last year. Most of them worked.
In message , johno writes
Yup, you can get a converter for a few quid, eg. first one I came too:
Yes, adaptors are cheap, but they dont always work. Ubuntu is known for not liking them.
NT
Personally I've had mixed success with these adaptors, last one I tried over Xmas was only ever intermittently recognised by the BIOS so I gave up. Bought a brand new Pioneer PATA DVD burner with Nero burning SW for 14 quid off Amazon, barley more than a PATA-SATA adaptor.
Bear in mind you might need a PSU adapator as well as data bus, depending on adaptor.
This is pretty much the same DVD burner I got from Amazon, now 18 quid, still not much more than an adaptor:-
How old is your computer? I would be very surprised if it didn't 2 or 4 SATA ports available on the motherboard which you could make use of.
Thanks for all the replies, much appreciated!
En el artículo , NT escribió:
Don't talk bollocks. It's not an OS issue, it's a hardware issue.
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