Hi All,

I have a fairly simple computer question reguarding a DVD Writer.

I have a Dell 4700, P4, 3.0 Ghz, 1.5 Mb Ram, 30 Gb HDD with SATA interface.

Currently I have a CD R and a CD R/W in my computer connected with the IDE interface.

I received a new DVD RW with SATA interface for christmas. I would like to remove one of the existing drives and replace it with the new DVR.

I have an open SATA port on my motherboard.

My question is:

Can I plug the new DVR into the existing SATA Port snd run one or both of the other CD drives through the IDE interface or should I RMA the new drive in place of one with an IDE interface???

The manual that came with my PC suggests that Only hard drives can be plugged into the SATA port.

Thanks in advance

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If you've got a spare SATA port then there is no reason why the DVD Writer shouldn't work with it. The best thing to do would to simply boot it up, install the new drive and see if it works.

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Yeah it will work! just make sure you dont have your SATA controllor in a RAID setup XD