Mixing IDE and SATA drives on Precision 360

Fri Dec 1 08:14:34 CST 2006

Hi list,

We have a Precision 360 (bios A03) equipped with 1 CD and 3HDD, 
everything IDE (IDE ports being completely used).

We now want to add 1 further HDD. Since there are two SATA-ports on the 
board I supposed a SATA HDD should work.

Simple turning SATA on in the bios and plugging in the SATA-HDD does not 
work, it was not recognised (neither bios nor linux/debian). 

Has someone experience with mixing IDE and SATA on a Precision 360? Is 
it possible?

I ask because you cannot order a 360 with mixed drives from Dell, but a 
few user seem to run such a system...

best regards+many thanks for any reports!
Christoph

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