can I connect my old 40 pin HDD with the new SATA HDD???

[addicted]

Hi guys,

I am planning to upgrade my pc with the latest configuration. I wanna ask can I connect my old 40 pin HDD with the new SATA HDD??? and if I am able to connect, will it work fine?

[sdbardwick]

Depends on the rest of the system configuration, especially the motherboard. Some newer motherboards do not provide 40 pin parallel ATA connections. However, if the motherboard supports both PATA and SATA, there shouldn't be any problems running a mixed system; I'm running 3 mixed PATA & SATA (Intel 945 & 975 chipset based) systems and have not encountered any problems to date.

[cypherpunks]

Originally Posted by addicted

can I connect my old 40 pin HDD with the new SATA HDD??? and if I am able to connect, will it work fine?

If you want to connect the one to the other, then no. The connectors aren't the slightest bit similar, and if you manage to force it to fit, I can pretty much guarantee it won't work fine.

You can connect them both to the motherboard, as long as it has (or you can add in the form of PCI cards) both 40-pin parallel ATA and SATA connectors. And that will work fine.

There are also SATA-to-PATA adapters that will let you connect a PATA drive to an SATA cable and motherboard. (And there are adapters that do the opposite.)

I'm sorry if this reply seems patronizing, but I don't understand how someone could look at the specifications for a typical latest-generation motherboard, see the "1xPATA" and "4xSATA" connectors listed in the specifications, and imagine that they don't work? It's not like the connectors are on there for decoration...

[ReignCall]

Well try to ask for those person that might fix or know how to do that kind of problem like connecting an 40 pin HDD with the new SATA HDD!!!

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[MrWicked1968]

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