T43 SATA Convertion - Do PATA drives still work in Ultrabay?

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T43 SATA Convertion - Do PATA drives still work in Ultrabay?

#1 Post by poshgeordie » Tue Oct 16, 2012 4:56 am

If a T43 has the SATA convertion, will any PATA HDD's fitted in an Ultrabay still work considering the SATA /IDE chip will have been removed?

Thanks in advance.

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Re: T43 SATA Convertion - Do PATA drives still work in Ultrabay?

#2 Post by Raceboy » Tue Oct 16, 2012 4:58 am

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Re: T43 SATA Convertion - Do PATA drives still work in Ultrabay?

#3 Post by poshgeordie » Wed Oct 17, 2012 4:31 am

thanks! I thought this was the case but wanted to 100% confirm this.

Now I think about it, it was a bit of a stupid question since if the CD Drive works then Ultrabay HDD's should as well!

Doh!!

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Re: T43 SATA Convertion - Do PATA drives still work in Ultrabay?

#4 Post by RealBlackStuff » Wed Oct 17, 2012 4:35 am

The Ultrabay has a PATA connector, which is 'fed' by the Southbridge.
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Re: T43 SATA Convertion - Do PATA drives still work in Ultrabay?

#5 Post by poshgeordie » Wed Oct 17, 2012 5:51 am

Thanks for that RBS - I'll downgrade to a half-Doh!

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#6 Post by RealBlackStuff » Wed Oct 17, 2012 1:41 pm

I don't care what they do, I can't vote anyway.
And since I don't pay taxes, I'm not all that concerned... :mrgreen:
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