I've used IDE/SATA to USB adapters with success even with cd drives. Never an IDE to SATA. I'd suggest just getting a SATA cd drive instead of an adapter for your obviously old* cd drive. *I have not really shopped around for cd drives or complete systems lately but I figure SATA would be fairly ubiquitous by now given the age and maturity of SATA, especially in internet time (maybe 4x that of dog years?) Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -----Original Message----- From: Jason Hsu <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> Sender: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 19:40:59 To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Reply-To: TCLUG Mailing List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Subject: [tclug-list] Connecting a SATA motherboard to an IDE CD drive I bought an adapter for connecting a SATA motherboard to an IDE CD drive. Unfortunately, something isn't working, as not even the BIOS of the computer can recognize the CD drive. If I have to return this adapter because I can't get it to work, what do I need to do instead? Is there any chance that this adapter can only work with hard drives and not CD drives? If I need to purchase another adapter, how am I supposed to know if it works with CD drives? -- Jason Hsu Founder and lead developer of Swift Linux http://www.swiftlinux.org _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list