Sleeper pc troubles

[herb]

so currently im building a sleeper PC out of an old dell 4600 tower. i picked it because the layout for a motherboard is standard and front panel connectors are mostly standard and can easily be modded to be 100% compatible.

 

i wanted this sleeper to have all the original components to be functional (floppy + CD ROM). obviously a modern motherboard doesn't have an IDE or floppy connector so that i could hook these up.

 

i was curious if there was a such thing as a floppy (male) to sata (female) adapter and a IDE (male) to sata (female) adapter where i could plug normal sata cables into my motherboard instead?

 

if you know of something like this please send me a link to where i could get them or if you have another idea how i could get these components working on a modern system please let me know

[pcorkus]

AliExpress much?

 

Floppy male to SATA female:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001344616785.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.cde9227aH3NWle&algo_pvid=9a09b35a-aee5-4448-86af-68ab7cd31a66&algo_expid=9a09b35a-aee5-4448-86af-68ab7cd31a66-0&btsid=0b0a555f16045285730392377ef331&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_

 

IDE male to SATA female:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32963917441.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.e6273f083CHSkC&algo_pvid=29ab67e2-4861-4c0d-bef1-85b42410b480&algo_expid=29ab67e2-4861-4c0d-bef1-85b42410b480-12&btsid=0b0a556f16045286401685513e955b&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_

 

 

You might find such stuff also on banggood, not sure, but worth a try as well. As about making them work, I have no clue, never tried something like that. Trial&error my friend, especially for the prices they go by on Ali and such sites. Good luck! ^^

 

 

[Coolmaster]

7 minutes ago, pcorkus said:

AliExpress much?

 

You don't even need to use Aliexpress.

 

You can find these on Amazon for relatively cheap

IDE to Sata 

https://www.amazon.com/SinLoon-Female-Adapter-Computer-Interface/dp/B07RSHPCBW/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=ide+to+sata&qid=1604529252&sr=8-3

 

Floppy to Sata

https://www.amazon.com/15pin-Floppy-Female-Converter-Adapter/dp/B0759PLS4P/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=floppy+to+sata&qid=1604529290&sr=8-1

[herb]

oh woops. i got those connectors wrong. i actually need the opposite....

 

sorry

 

[WhitetailAni]

Unless you're talking about the floppy data controller.

In that case, look up "floppy to USB" on eBay.

Then get a USB header to USB port, install it, and connect them together.

Boom.

Don't forget to configure the floppy drive to be drive A:!

[herb]

thanks. that will work. i can just replace the cd rom with one that uses sata and thus bot will work.