On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 06:44:52 +1000, Mike O'Connor wrote:

>
>Duncan Way wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 06:15:17 +1000, Mike O'Connor wrote:
>>  
>>
>>>Hi Roberto, Duncan,
>>>
>>>See the following which should completely satisfy both of you!
>>>
>>>http://www.cwol.com/serial-ata/sata-drive-enclosures.htm
>>>
>>>especially the following:
>>>
>>>http://www.cwol.com/serial-ata/sata-removable-drive-pro.htm
>>>http://www.cwol.com/serial-ata/sata-removable-drive-rugged.htm
>>>http://www.cwol.com/serial-ata/sata-removable-drive-value.htm
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>>-- 
>>>    
>>>
>>
>>This seems to refer to hot-swap SATA drive bays.  My drives are PATA (ide) 
>>replacements connected to the onboard SATA connectors on my Abit motherboard.
>>My regular ide ports (14,15) are used by cd/dvd drives.
>>
>>Did I miss something?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>  
>>
>
>Hi Duncan,
>
>As you had said SATA drives, I assumed they were SATA not PATA.
>
>How do they connect - does the cable have different connectors on each 
>end - SATA on the mobo end and 80-wire on the drive-end?
>Or do they have an interface adapter similar to the "Z" shaped 
>80/68-pin/50-pin SCSI adapters which effectively lengthens the drive so 
>that it may not fit into a removable drawer insert?
>
>My ATA-100 removable disk drawers are also hot-swappable if using 
>specific software under current Windoze!
>



These SATA (seagate 160gb) drives are NOT on/in drawers.  They are in my tower case 
drive bays *replacing* two regular IDE (pata) drives that used to be there.  The 
motherboard has two (2) sata connectors for its controller and two (2) regular ide 
connectors used by cd drives.  The SATA drives are connected directly to the sata 
controller connectors using the proper supplied cables.

Duncan Way



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