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Mr Reorg
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by Mr Reorg » Sun Jan 21, 2007 6:35 pm
Can I use a Sata HD in an external enclosure with USB2 connection to an old motherboard that
doesn't support SATA? I want to back-up my old PATA drives so that I can reformat & repartition now.
I'm thinking about getting the
Thermaltake Max4 eSata & USB enclosure. I need it to work with my old 4 year old Dell Dimension now and want it to be useful when I build my first PC, with a Conroe MB (probably a P965 chipset).
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qviri
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by qviri » Sun Jan 21, 2007 6:49 pm
Yes. As long as your motherboard has USB 2.0, it will work.
(If it has USB 1.1, it will still work but be painfully slow.)
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Mr Reorg
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by Mr Reorg » Sun Jan 21, 2007 7:00 pm
qviri wrote:Yes. As long as your motherboard has USB 2.0, it will work.
(If it has USB 1.1, it will still work but be painfully slow.)
The MB is USB 1.1 but I have a USB 2.0 PCI card. Will that be good enough?
Can I use a eSata PCI card? Will that work with my MB, also?
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qviri
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by qviri » Sun Jan 21, 2007 7:14 pm
Mr Reorg wrote:Can I use a eSata PCI card? Will that work with my MB, also?
You will probably need to install drivers, but both should work.
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by Mr Reorg » Sun Jan 21, 2007 7:28 pm
Thanks for the quick replies, qviri.