Serial ATA (or SATA) has been designed as a replacement for 40 way IDE cables/ connections. The SATA connector and cable are smaller (which improves air circulation) with a reduced operating voltage and pin amount (7 as opposed to 40), the current data transfer rate is ATA-300 (3Gbps).

This adaptor allows conversion from IDE /PATA to SATA and from SATA to IDE/ PATA.

Each connected SATA device or conversion needs its own cable, this removes the old master/slave set-up and allows for improved data transmission and access speed.

Bi-Directional SATA - IDE Adaptor, Compatible with Hard Disk Drives