I was wondering if it is possible to install a SATA DVD burner via an IDE connection. My friend has a 6 year old PC, his burner died, so he bought a new one.But, it's SATA.His connections are ...

So, I installed the IDE HP dvd drive as master on the lone ide connection on the board (Asus P6T) and started the machine. I went into device manager (Vista Home Basic 64 bit) and it is not recognized ...