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Author Topic: Dts XD10 with sata drives Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 09-01-2012 11:41 PM                     I thought I would post this in the event anyone was still running that old film stuff in this day and age. Since IDE drives are starting to become a bit more difficult to find (currently amazon still has a few options, but as time goes on that will dwindle), I have found this adapter does do the trick nicely. SATA to IDE hard drive interface adapter (on amazon) As you can see below, it mounts in the XD10 with plenty of room. This is less than $4 with shipping and works just fine.  |  IP: Logged Marco Giustini Film God Posts: 2713 From: Reading, UK Registered: Nov 2007 posted 09-02-2012 03:49 AM                     That looks great, thanks. My XD10 has a spare SATA port, would that work either?  |  IP: Logged Bruce Hansen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 847 From: Stone Mountain, GA, USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-03-2012 08:04 PM                     Does anyone know if this will work with SATA DVD burner drives? I would like to put a new DVD burner drive in a computer that only has IDE prots, all the new DVD burners have SATA ports. And the price is right.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 09-03-2012 08:17 PM                     If Amazon is selling this device, I would think this adapter is fine for any SATA unit-it's not dedicated for cinema usage only.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 09-03-2012 11:00 PM                     There is no reason why it shouldn't work just fine.  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 09-14-2012 09:41 PM                     Brad, are you aware of a good low-cost solution for a DTS 6D's drives? Seems that SCSI drives are expensive and getting harder to find. I wonder if a SATA adapter card and drives could replace the SCSI card and drives?  |  IP: Logged Jim Cassedy Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1661 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Dec 2006 posted 09-14-2012 09:46 PM                     quote: Tony Bandiera Jr Brad, are you aware of a good low-cost solution for a DTS 6D's drives? I can't speak for Brad, but the last time I needed a couple of drives to repair some 6D's, I found them on e-bay. I've bought both "pulled", untested ones pretty cheap as well as 'rebuilt' ones that cost a bit more. These were the TEAC drives. Never had any trouble with ones I bought. Last week there was an entire (working!)6D unit listed for only 75bux.  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 09-15-2012 09:31 PM                     Thanks Jim, but I am looking for a more long-term replacement solution and one that doesn't use obsolete drives. And I have very little trust in Fleabay anymore, but that is another thread....  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-16-2012 11:29 AM                     StarTec makes a good IDE to SATA convertor As for Scsi adapters there was one that DTS sold but the manufacturer of them has a large min order  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 09-16-2012 05:48 PM                     Gordon, you're missing the point. SCSI drives are all but gone. IDE is on it's way out. SATA is the new rage, so I want to change my DTS6D's drives from SCSI to SATA. Wonder if anyone from DataSat is watching this thread, maybe they could chime in....  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 09-16-2012 10:09 PM                     Prob so, but with digital making the landslide invasion, DATASAT might be looking towards the future to maintain business. Besides, if one can find some APPLE SCSI drives on eBone, they work pretty good as well.. for a dime.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-17-2012 06:17 AM                     The problem is the DTS system actually looks for a specific drive and all the upgrades over the years were works around it That is why when the IDE DVD drives were supplied they used a scsi bridge to convert it and the aquilla board did the translation  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 09-17-2012 02:13 PM                     On using SATA drives with old SCSI stuff, this might help. http://www.addonics.com/products/adsalvd160.php And there's an adapter for sale here as well http://www.pc-pitstop.com/scsi_ide_adapters/ Though YMMV.  |  IP: Logged Marco Giustini Film God Posts: 2713 From: Reading, UK Registered: Nov 2007 posted 09-17-2012 03:39 PM                     are you sure that the system is looking for a specific drive? That reminds me the "custom firmware" of the toshiba CDROM drives. I got some from fleabay and compared the fw from the original ones: they were identical.  |  IP: Logged Bruce Hansen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 847 From: Stone Mountain, GA, USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-17-2012 05:33 PM                     Question: if you have the "upgrade" to IDE DVD drives, could you just use the adapter listed at the beginning of this thread in order to use SATA drives?  |  IP: Logged

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