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PCI to PATA controller on P67A-UD7

PCI to PATA controller on P67A-UD7
« on: April 12, 2011, 10:20:27 pm »
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Starting a new build with 2600k and P67A-UD7.  Windows 7 Pro 64-bit.  My optical drives are parallel, not SATA, and the UD7 has no PATA controller.  I have a PCI to PATA controller: would that work, or do need to buy a SATA DVD/CD drive?
Thanks for any suggestions.

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Re: PCI to PATA controller on P67A-UD7
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2011, 10:43:14 pm »
Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte Forum.

To be honest I would just advise you to replace the drive with a new SATA version as they are so cheap now it won't cost much more than adapter cables and wil be more stable and reliable.
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Re: PCI to PATA controller on P67A-UD7
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2011, 11:57:45 pm »
Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte Forum.

To be honest I would just advise you to replace the drive with a new SATA version as they are so cheap now it won't cost much more than adapter cables and wil be more stable and reliable.

And faster :)
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Re: PCI to PATA controller on P67A-UD7
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2011, 01:05:41 am »
Thanks for the replys.  The local Fry's Electronics has a Lite-On DVD/CD RW for $9.99 (with MIR), so I can't say it's too expensive to buy a SATA drive!
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Re: PCI to PATA controller on P67A-UD7
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2011, 07:55:19 am »
That's the thing nowadays they are so cheap it doesn't really pay to start messing around with older ones. There is also the comatibility angle too, often the PATA doesn't work well with SATA on the same board. ;)
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
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Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
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