I have recently taken apart some old PCs and found an HDD that uses this cable, but my motherboard doesn't seem to have a connector. Is there a way to connect this to SATA or PCIE?
edit: hdd, not ssd
this post was submitted on 18 Oct 2025
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/IDE-SATA-Converter/s?k=IDE+to+SATA+Converter
Something like this is probably what your after
Also I hate that we now live in a world where people dont know what an ide cable is 🤣
thank :)