[ale] old newbie

[Cornelis van Dijk]

Thanks guys, good advice. But I am the type that tries to wring the
last drop of blood out of equipment. I am already surrounded by three
PC's not to mention two laptops in the basement. A complete upgrade
would probably mean a fourth PC and I have already trouble moving
around in my room.

By the way, I can not remember the last time I had a HDD failure and I
use PC's nearly every day. I agree about the optical drives. A few
weeks ago my HP burner died, though it was probably at least five
years old.


On another note:
I recently got a Memorex USB burner with LightScribe capabilities, but
the Linux software for LightScribe is rather limited and the Nero
stuff (came with the drive) on my WindowsXP keeps pestering me about
upgrades, which I feel is a bait and switch maneuver. Anyone aware of
good Linux software for LightScribe other than that on the HP
LightScribe site?
TIA, Cor

On 12/26/10, Calvin Harrigan <charriglists at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> On 12/25/2010 8:25 PM, John Mills wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, 25 Dec 2010, Scott Castaline wrote:
>>
>>> On 12/25/2010 06:20 PM, Cornelis van Dijk wrote:
>>>> Hello alers,
>>    ...
>>>> ... For instance, one can hardly get a
>>>> motherboard that has IDE ports on it. Some may have only one. What to
>>>> do with my IDE harddrives. and dvd burners, let alone my SCSI
>>>> equipment? I have to get all SATA or USB? Even my 2006 Scott Mueller
>>>> book  (Upgrading and Repairing PC's) is out of date. Are there
>>>> adapters for IDE to SATA  for example. Is there anyone with similar
>>>> problems or is there a good site for old newbie's like me?
>> I bought a SATA<->  IDE in-line converter from Frys. It's intended to
>> occupy (hog?) one IDE port and provide one SATA drop, or vice-versa. I
>> haven't tried it yet.  It plugs into the MB IDE port, or the drive's IDE
>> receptacle, with a SATA cable making up the other leg. There's a switch to
>> set directionality. The model I bought draws power from the MB on a small,
>> separate connector.
>>
>> I'm walking the other side of this: newer drives with an old MB.
>>
>>    - Mills
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> I've had good luck with the following:
> http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0267067
>
> I have 3 of them on DVD burners in different machines, all work great.
> Have burnt dozens if not hundreds of DVDs through these adapters.  Like
> you, during my last upgrade IDE ports were no more.  I was quite partial
> to these NEC burners and wasn't willing to replace them just yet.
>
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