new sata drive in r40/50

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new sata drive in r40/50

#1 Post by drw1710 » Thu Apr 05, 2007 4:03 pm

ok i am a newbie, so be gentle, is it possible to install a sata drive into a r40/50 series, it is my understanding that these units use ide drives, how does one use a sata drive in them?
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#2 Post by andyP » Thu Apr 05, 2007 4:05 pm

you don't

R40 and R50 have PATA HDDs
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Re: new sata drive in r40/50

#3 Post by JHEM » Thu Apr 05, 2007 6:01 pm

drw1710 wrote:ok i am a newbie, so be gentle
As stated, no you can't, but more importantly why do you want to attempt this?

There's no SATA HD on the market that can't be had in PATA (IDE) form.

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#4 Post by tfflivemb2 » Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:09 pm

Actually, I believe that there is a way to install a SATA drive as a secondary drive through an HD caddy, but I cannot find the thread that I read on it, right now.

Although, I am sure that this isn't what you are looking for since it would be a secondary drive and not a primary drive.
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