IDE to SATA Converter - Converts IDE Drive to SATA Interface

Features:

• JMicron JM20330 chipset / Compliant with Serial ATA specification / Supports 3.5" IDE hard drives and 5.25" optical drives
• Supports ATA PIO and UMDA modes 0 to 4 / Master and Slave mode support / Ultra low power consumption / 150 MB/s transfer rate
• Automatic Serial ATA 3.0/1.5 GBps speed negotiation / Supports ATA Device Bridge
• Connectors: One (1) 40-pin IDE connector / One (1) Serial ATA (SATA) port / One (1) 4-pin power connector

Customer Reviews:

It does just what it says. [Posted on 2007-10-05]
Overall a simple piece of hardware, that does exactly what it says.
I'm using it to connect an IDE DVD burner to a SATA2 port.

The DVD burner works perfectly. No Speed decrease, or performance hit whatsoever.

My only complain is that on System Post it takes about 13-15 seconds for the devise to be recognized, before Windows can Boot.

Junk [Posted on 2008-01-12]
Tried two and it won't work, I've worked with computers since 1972. These quick fixes may work as a design on paper, but china is as best, the worst manufacture.

Not perfect. [Posted on 2008-01-28]
I had some issues with this admittedly inexpensive product. It comes with a power cable that converts from the old-style Molex power connectors to the type that is found on 3.5" floppy drives. That powers the circuit board. You're on your own for the drive. I had to find a y-cable to be able to power both plus I had to convert to the different power connector that some SATA drives have.

My objective was to run an IDE drive in an external ESATA enclosure. Even though the circuit board is very small, I couldn't get it and the cabling to fit in the enclosure.

If you intend to use various old IDE drives, you need to be very careful when you remove this circuit board from the drive. The connector fits in tightly and there is some flex between the connector and circuit board. It looks vulnerable to breakage.

Another issue was that it takes a while for your BIOS to find it. I used an old IDE drive to test my disaster recovery scheme and could not get the cloned drive to show up to be booted.

This may work fine for taking an old DVD burner and installing on a new computer with SATA. But it might be worth the money to just buy a new burner.

It's pretty much a novelty. I played with it and will probably rarely use it.

I have a cable with USB2 on one end and a block on the other end that has 3 connectors with a circuit board within. The 3 connectors are SATA, IDE, and laptop IDE. It comes with a power supply and adapter cables. It is much more durable than the reviewed and I'll end up using it more.

Great Converter [Posted on 2008-02-08]
I bought this when I discovered my new bare bones computer was IDE challenged. I plugged it into the IDE disk drive and connected the SATA connector to the computer. At first I didn't think it worked but if I waited a few seconds, the disk drive appeared. I installed Linux (Fedora 8) before I installed the converter. The computer found the converted disk and booted Linux with absolutely no problems. I don't notice any difference in speed. Recommended.

JUNK [Posted on 2008-05-16]
I ordered this to add a IDE to my SATA setup to get files off my old hard drive. I hooked it up as per the instructions, powered on the PC and nothing. Figured maybe it was damaged during shipment. Call the company and the sent me a new one free of charge. Customer satisfaction. Same outcome... Installed, powered on and nothing.

From my personal experience with these, they are worthless.

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