What to do in a situation if your motherboard does not have a sata connector installed, and you need to connect your equipment to this connector. Hard drives are sold today specifically for sata interfaces. Finding an IDE hard drive is problematic. Of course, this is possible, but it can take a lot of time to find such a hard drive. In fact, the problem can be solved quite simply - buy and install a sata controller on the motherboard.
Necessary
Computer, sata controller, screwdriver
Instructions
Step 1
Disconnect power from the computer. Unscrew the screws that secure the system unit cover and remove it. The controller must be installed in a PCI slot. If you do not know where the PCI slots are on your motherboard, you can look in the technical documentation for your computer. If you do not have technical documentation, find them on the motherboard yourself: all slots on motherboards are signed. As a rule, they are located in the lower left corner of the motherboard, next to the graphics card connection slot. Depending on the model of the motherboard, there may be a different number of PCI slots. Three should be at least.
Step 2
Simply insert the sata controller into one of the PCI slots and then secure it with the screw. Where to tighten the screw will be visible after you connect the controller to the PCI slot. Without closing the lid of the system unit, connect the computer to the power supply and turn it on. When the operating system boots, it should recognize the controller automatically.
Step 3
Almost all controllers have Plug & Play technology, so there is no need to configure them when connected. When the device is recognized by the system, install its software. To do this, use the software disc that should come with the controller. Additional software will expand its capabilities.
Step 4
Then turn off the computer and connect the required sata devices to the controller. Next, you need to connect the power cable to them. See if your PSU has a sata cable. In the place where the cable is connected to the device, there should be an inscription sata. If the power supply does not have such a cable, you will not be able to connect power to the device. In this case, purchase a sata power adapter. These are in any computer store.
