PATA IDE to SATA Card Adapter Converter for 3.5 Hard Drive HDD DVD It Converts patroller ATA to Serial ATA. PATA/IDE to SATA adapter, converting PATA/IDE port into a Serial ATA port. It connects all SATA type devices CD-ROM/CD-RW/DVD/DVD-RAM/HDD to a PATA/IDE motherboard.li&gt; It plugs the IDE cable on motherboard to the 40 pin IDE portli&gt; It connects the 4-pin power cable to the power portli&gt;