most new mainboards I checked out only have 2 IDE ports, and come with serial ATA ports, and the one I purchased is one of those.... I've seen SATA adapters that plug into the back of a regular hard drive, and was wondering if anyone here has had any experience with them? suzánne To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk