Julian Thomas wrote:

>>There are SATA cards to add into non-SATA systems to use the new drives, 
>>but not as far as I know, any options the other way around.
> 
> Au contraire.  I have running right now a little SATA -> PATA adapter that
> fits on the back connector of the PATA drive and accepts a SATA cable.

A brief search produces quite a variety.
These are closed modules.
http://www.xpcgear.com/idehardrivto.html
http://sewelldirect.com/SerialATAtoIDEConverter.asp?adpath=/Google/Other%20Products/Serial%20ATA%20to%20IDE%20Converter&keywords=sata%20ide%20adapter&match=1&search=search&gclid=CNCKxpS6wIICFQRzCwodMlTfDg
This is an open board.
http://www.coolerexpress.com/iwparatatose.html
This is P4 only: 
http://www.thenerds.net/index.php?page=productpage&affid=2&pn=170598
This is AMD only:
http://www.thenerds.net/index.php?page=productpage&affid=2&pn=172202

What do you have?
> 
> I would think that you could probably also add a Promise card to a SATA
> machine (never tried this).

It is a PCI card.  Does it care what other IDE ports are on the MB?

Ray




 
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