Link Depot USB2-SATA USB2.0 TO IDE/SATA Adapter Cable

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Hooked this up to a USB 1. machine and an old 2 GB difficult drive and it worked flawlessly, effectively, immediately after I identified the mass storage driver on the Windows Me disk. I will use this to recover some data from a buddies Hard Drive that belonged to a dead eMachine that won't enable Windows to be activated due to hardware alterations. Hmmm...properly, the molex to sata power adapter necessary to be adjusted so it'd plug in but that took about 5 seconds with tweezers. Other than that, it's the greatest issue of all time. Operates with incredibly old hardware, can't attempt it with the newer stuff!

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I've had a rather massive challenging drive plugged into this for about a year and a half. The transfer speeds are wonderful and for that really hard drive, I've had no challenges. I have to take out the USB plug and put it back in every single time I want to access the tough drive. It fried the very first tough drive I plugged in. Even though I'm not positive no matter whether or not to blame this solution, be careful and maintain your hand on your drive to make positive it isn't overheating. The drive itself was sitting in a rather dusty location and it wasn't precisely the very best excellent, so once again, this item may not have been the bring about.

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I have been in a position to xfer data to/from IDE and SATA drives by way of USB ports with this employing linux. (Never tried it with any other O/S). I have a spare ATX P/S. I hacked it to power up anytime I turn it on, even though it's not connected to a motherboard. This I used to energy 'internal' tough drives and CD/DVD drives sitting on my desk and connected to this gadget. It does come with a tiny P/S but I under no circumstances tried it. The only way I could get it to see IDE drives was if a SATA drive was also connected. Also, the plastic casing is so thick that it was particularly hard to get a power cord into a CD/DVD drive and the IDE connector in at the identical time. I suppose a male male ide cable could be employed amongst them but I haven't attempted it. I've had this point for awhile, but I don't use it really frequently so I don't know how durable it is. It's encased in sturdy plastic so I would assume it's fairly rugged.

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The adapter works nicely and came with a sata cable. Length of usb cable was very good as well. The energy provide didn't have two ground connectors. One particular was just filled in with plastic.This causes some drives to merely fail to work or to shed power and reduce out when in use.

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Portion is excellent for its cost. SATA connection was working fine, but IDE connection was dead on arrival. Newegg is quite prompt at sending replacement. Excellent buy! None

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there r non but new egg will give your funds back but the only cool issue about this device is that you will get to see smoke coming from you tough drive evey factor it dont perform at all!!!!!!! it will fry your tough drive as quickly as u plug it in new egg wont ever replace the difficult drive that the pice killed i consider this is a load of dog doo now i lost cost significantly less pics of firends and family members by no means to be observed

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Excellent style as effectively as modest and compact. Connects almost everything up good and snug. None Have to have for troubleshooting and hardware help. I am consistently constructing computer systems for people and recovering data off of their old really hard drives. This is a have to have tool for any computer system tech.

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Works as fantastic. None

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it performs good if you can get it to operate Both power adapters did not supply sufficient power to provide a really hard drive or a CD Drive. The a single that worked, worked fantastic mind you.

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This is a thing every single tech ought to have and not be withtout. The unit and power adapter are nice and smaller and match inside the small box. Because this is retail; it comes with all the needed cables. So far absolutely nothing Copied about eight copied in below ten minutes for three.five" IDE drive.

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Operates beautifully, Plug and play on XP worked fine. Excellent transfer speeds. None. I extremely suggest this for any individual who functions on computer systems frequently.

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worked for a month and a half fried my 320gb SATA challenging drive along with it's own energy provide these days apparently something comparable occurred to a different client who reviewed this solution earlier, I hope Link Depot will realize that's not a coincidence

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Awesome..just as described and quickly transfers..NEWEGG rocks!! NONE Get and its an superb tool for the pc market!!

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Had one particular of these that didn't have a SATA connection. I purchased this one, operates wonderful and retired the other a single as an external connection for a IDE drive. No information transfer light. The other 1 I have has a LED so you can see it in action. No major deal, but would be good. Study some testimonials about the power provide being poor so I am employing the one that came with the old one particular I have. Otherwise very good product.

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THE BOX IS Modest I study the guidelines, followed them to the T, and none of my three.five difficult drives even started to spin. the power light on the adapter was on. I attempted to plug the USB cable in, but the pc would not even recognize that something had been plugged in. When I tried a 2.5" drive, the computer acknowledged a USB device, but mentioned it was not recognizable.ALSO - I did not see anywhere on the ad where this is not Win 7 compatible, but it is not with my Win7 64 bitsI put in an RMA and Newegg was great about accepting it back. I will attempt One Much more. WHEN I GET A REPLACEMENT - I WILL RE-Evaluation. Hopefully I will have far better luck.

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Fantastic for SATA drives 1. It comes with only 1 USB connector, so there are times exactly where it does not supply sufficient energy to two 1ǘ" drives.two. The casing is poorly designed. It is quite difficult to connect the energy cable when using the IDE connector

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Low cost. Does the job None really. The molex to sata energy adapter was a bit flimsy. You can swap the molex->sata cable with one more one particular, its a separate peace.

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It's pretty. It claims use for each IDE and SATA drives, which is handy. It doesn't work as advertised. The power connection appears burnt after a single use. (Well, attempted use.) I was really excited to get this. It took me a handful of weeks to get around to employing it, but when I did, it didn't function. - USB2 is a common format, it need to function with no drivers for mass storage. In this case, it did not.- The drivers supplied (via CD) gave an "file copy error" when running the setup.exe.- Downloading drivers from the manufacturer's internet site resulted in the same error ('file copy error').- The device just plain didn't work. I attempted on a number of computer systems with a number of operating systems, with a number of drives, and several USB ports to no avail. On the Windows machines I attempted, nothing at all displayed in the 'my computer' window, or in the disk management window. There was no chime created when the USB connection was plugged in - Windows did not recognize it.- The hard drives spun up, but there was no indication from the computers that I t

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NONE. This item is unacceptable. Initial, the top quality isn't worth even the ridiculously low price... Don't be fooled by the low price, it's not even worth that substantially. The molex connector/SATA adapter is so cheap. I've spent additional time attempting to fit it into the female adapter then I have actually using this item. The power adapter is so beyond unacceptable... it's APPALLING. It set my operate bench on fire on the second use of the item. This is an absolute do not get. If you have this item, throw it out. It is unsafe. Do not by this product. It is not electrically sound. If you choose not to heed my warnings, PLEASE be sure to supervise this device when it's plugged in AT ALL Occasions. I made the error of walking away from my work region... hear a POP! and bam... just like that, a fire. Wow. This is 2010, we seriously can't even get a easy AC adapter appropriate? Will never ever purchase from this company again. I wish NewEgg would quit carrying so significantly stock of awful good quality... I'm obtaining tired of obtaining to sift via all the junk to get to the gems... This goes beyond junk. Do not purchase it.

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A lot if it worked Not dependable, seems incredibly fragile... It worked perfectly with a laptop SATA, but it failed miserably with IDE each 2.5 or three.five