Archive for the 'Serial ATA' Category

USB 2.0 to SATA and IDE converter

Friday, May 19th, 2006

Our USB 2.0 to SATA/IDE Combo Adapter has a really cool feature. It can connect two different hard drives to your computer simultaneously. One hard drive will need to be Serial ATA while the other drive can be either 2.5 inch, or 3.5 inch IDE. It also provides power to each of the drives connected. [...]

Serail ATA drive to IDE Bus

Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

We now have an IDE to Serial ATA converter. The naming convention can be confusing, but now we have both solutions. Connecting a Serial ATA drive to an IDE motherboard, or connecting an IDE drive to a SATA motherboard. (which we have had for some time)
Our SATA to IDE has been a [...]

SATA to IDE: What does it do?

Friday, August 19th, 2005

Our SATA to IDE adapter converts your IDE drive interface into a SATA drive interface. The only problem with this conversion is that it slows down your SATA drive to IDE speeds (If speed is an issue, you may want to just install a Serial ATA controller card). If you have a laptop, then [...]

Driver Updates

Tuesday, August 16th, 2005

If you ever find that your hardware is acting funny, then try updating the driver. If your device uses a native driver, then you will most likely be unsuccessful in finding an update. The best two sources for drivers are the company you bought the driver from, and the manufacturer of the device. You [...]

Chipset compatibilities

Tuesday, August 9th, 2005

Many incompatibilities between device and controllers, are caused by incompatibilities with chipsets. For example, Our SW-1301 uses a prolific chipset. We have seen cases where a GPS unit is compatible with one of our prolific chipsets and not another. If you find that you are having compatibility problems, then try another chipset. Our [...]