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The PATA2SATA3 is a bi-directional SATA IDE adapter/converter that lets you connect a Serial ATA drive to alegacy IDE port or an IDE drive to a SATA motherboard port. A cost-effective solution for upgrading existing IDE systems to support SATA hard drives or optical drives, the SATA/IDE adapter eliminates the expense of having to purchase a controller card while saving the expansion slot that would be required for card installation. In addition to SATA hard drive installation, the adapter can be reversed in order to connect older IDE drives to anewer SATA-enabled motherboard, making it easy to retrieve old files from a previous system.• Bi-Directional support for IDE-to-SATA or SATA-to-IDE communication• Compatible with PATA (IDE) 100/133 MBps hard devices• Compatible with SATA revision 1/2/3 (1.5/3.0/6.0 Gbps) devices• Supports SATA/IDE ATAPI devices, such as CD/DVD optical drives• Fully compliant with Serial ATA 1.0a specifications, with transfer rates up to 1.5 Gbps• Compatible with Master/Slave/Cable Select modes for IDE devices• No driver or software required Applications • Connect newer SATA drives to an older motherboard with only IDE support• Connect an old IDE drive to a new SATA only motherboard to recover the data• Technicians who regularly need to work with both types of drives across different types of systems Advantage • A single, versatile adapter can be used to connect an IDE device to a SATA motherboard or vice-versa without any drivers or software installation• Supports not only hard drives, but CD/DVD optical drives as well• Backed by a StarTech 2-year warranty and free lifetime technical support