[ltp] SATA Disks on PATA bridge?

[Andreas Klöckner]

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Hi there,

My R52 came with a rather slow 4200rpm PATA hard drive that I would like to=
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upgrade. The system has an Intel SATA controller.=20

Can I stick a SATA drive in there? Or is the thing limited to operating PAT=
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drives through this quirky SATA-to-PATA bridge thing that I've read about o=
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ThinkWiki? I'd rather avoid the trouble of buying the wrong drive, so what'=
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the safe choice? One of the "approved" PATA drives? Or rather a SATA one?

My system is an R52 of July 2005, model number 1860-5EG. The HD connector i=
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the machine looks like there is supposed to be a second line of pins where=
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the SATA connectors could go--this looks a bit too thin for the "knobs" on=
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the SATA interface visible in this [1] picture, however.

I'd be grateful for any info.

Thanks!
=2DAndreas

[1] http://tinyurl.com/owtr9

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