I have recently taken apart some old PCs and found an HDD that uses this cable, but my motherboard doesn't seem to have a connector. Is there a way to connect this to SATA or PCIE?
edit: hdd, not ssd
this post was submitted on 18 Oct 2025
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This is IDE or PATA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_ATA
You can find IDE to SATA adapters online.
Edit: just realized how old I am now :(
i don't remember how much i paid for my first 8+ gb hdd in the 1990s, but it was probably $200 or more.. for what now fits on a $5 flash drive.
I remember paying 80 bucks to go from 4 to 6mb of ram. windows 3.1 load time so much better
An 80 wire one, too, so it probably supports some manner of "Ultra" ATA. 66 or maybe even upwards of 100 MB/sec!