I have an old Dell Dimension 3000 with a dead IDE hard disk that I am trying to get up-and-running for a family member.

 

I flashed the BIOS to the latest release, A03 (the motherboard is an E210882 Rev A02), bought a Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA hard disk, a 4-pin Molex to 15-pin SATA adapter, and a Pluscom 4 port SATA PCI adapter (VIA VT6421A chipset) thinking that I could boot from the SATA drive via the PCI adapter.  Unfortunately, I soon realised this wasn't a workable hardware configuration.

 

Are there PCI SATA adapters on the market that would allow me to boot from the SATA hard disk with this antiquated motherboard? (For example: the Promise FastTrak TX2300?)  I wouldn't want to make a purchase of another PCI SATA adapter only to find I have the same problem.

 

The computer is supposed to be for a family member and I'd hate to have to let them down.  I would be very appreciative if someone could help me out with this problem.