Use for internal USB connection?

[GTT1]

The Dell system I ordered has 2 internal USB's.

Anyone got ideas on what they could be used for?

[Kwirky]

- More external ports
- Card reader

[crazdefool]

usb to ide converter

[GTT1]

usb to ide converter

Could you explain what this would be used for? Hooking up an ide hard drive?

[crazdefool]

yeah hard drive or dvd.

[GTT1]

Anyone So could I put my 250 gb IDE drive in a bay and hook it up somehow to one of the internal USB ports using a converter/adapter of some sort. What about speed, much slower than a direct connection as in if I hooked it up to a pci ide controller. I understand the Dell MB only has ATA connectors

[crazdefool]

Anyone So could I put my 250 gb IDE drive in a bay and hook it up somehow to one of the internal USB ports using a converter/adapter of some sort. What about speed, much slower than a direct connection as in if I hooked it up to a pci ide controller. I understand the Dell MB only has ATA connectors


yes you can do that but its better suited to dvd/cd rom drives because its slower than ata-100/133 hard drives.

in your situation an ide to sata adapter is probably easier to find, cheaper and faster.

[funnypanks]

add wireless mouse dongle or wireless keyboard dongle or bluetooth dongle in. lord knows i already snapped a couple of those making my mice useless

[Jucius Maximus]

You can get some devices that go into the front bays on your computer that have a USB port. You generally have to connect that panel to the internal USB port.