StarTech Bi-Directional SATA/IDE Adapter Converter (Black)
$16.79
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Description
The black Bi-Directional SATA/IDE Adapter Converter from StarTech lets you connect a serial ATA drive to a legacy IDE port, or an IDE drive to a SATA motherboard port. It is a cost-effective solution for upgrading existing IDE systems to support SATA hard drives or optical drives. The SATA/IDE adapter eliminates the expense of having to purchase a controller card, while saving the expansion slot that would be required for card installation. In addition to the SATA hard drive installation, the adapter can be reversed in order to connect older IDE drives to a newer SATA-enabled motherboard, thus making it easy to retrieve old files from a previous system.
Additional information
| Weight | 0.25 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 6.6 × 5.6 × 1.2 in |
| Interface | SATA I |
| Compatibility | PATA (IDE) 100/133 MB/s hard devices <br> |
| Compliance | CE, RoHS |
| Relative Humidity | 90% |
| Storage Temperature | -40 to 302°F (-40 to 150°C) |
| Operating Temperature | 32 to 158°F (0 to 70°C) |
| LED Indicators | HDD Activity: Green <br> |
| Chipset ID | Sunplus – SPIF223A |
| Drive Size | 2.5" and 3.5" |
| Data Transfer Rate | 1.5 Gb/s |
| Enclosure Type | Plastic |
| Number of Drives | 1 |
| OS Compatibility | OS independent |
| Connector 3 | SATA (7-pin data) plug |
| Connector 2 | SP4 (4-pin small drive power) male |
| Connector 1 | IDE (40-pin EIDE/PATA) female |
| Dimensions (L x W x H) | 2.4 x 2.0 x 0.4" (61.0 x 50.8 x 10.2 mm) |
Reviews (8)
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Alaina Herman (verified owner) –
The guide mentions setting the DIP switch according to a diagram (step 1) The diagram does not exist. In step (4) it instructs the user to connect computer power supply to SATA hard drive but does not say with what or how?????????
Christa Erdman (verified owner) –
Tried to hook up a Samsung internal dvd drive. It didn’t work with any settings. Disappointed
Giovanna Keeling (verified owner) –
I bought this because I had an old IDE hard drive laying around for years that I needed to clean the data out of. Here is something to keep in mind… if you are connecting an old IDE drive up, be sure that the jumpers are set properly (if applicable). For some odd reason, one of my jumpers was in the wrong position, so I thought the adapter wasn’t working at first. Once I noticed the jumper and fixed it, everything worked fine.
Stanford Klein (verified owner) –
I got it to work after many tries. First of all, all of the ports on the adapter and the hard drive need to be showing, so I finally figured out just to remove the drive and set it on top of the computer. I had no other drives installed. The connections are: adapter to IDE 40-pin, SP4 (“floppy”) 4-pin power connector to the adapter, SATA cable from motherboard to adapter “to computer” orange port, SATA power cable to included SATA to LP4 molex cable, and then LP4 to hard drive power input. My drive was so old it could not boot but I was able to boot from DBAN (Darik’s Boot and Nuke) on a CD and erase the drive, which is what I was trying to do. Thanks StarTech! I have two drives to do so I will make a profit on this purchase (unless you count my time geeking out here).
Pat Ortiz (verified owner) –
IDE2SATA: I worked 4 hours trying to get it to work. I tried everything. My computer won’t even get past the BIOS with this device attached. I tried every combo of the switches, even though the tiny print says it doesn’t matter. ‘Slave’ is the only one that allowed me to access BIOS setup, where I saw that both drives were recognized. My hdd is supported too. The LED were blinking away, and the hdd was running.
Pansy Quitzon (verified owner) –
As previous user stated, everything connected as manual suggests and HD isn’t recognized by PC. All in all useless.
Stone Metz (verified owner) –
Could not get it to work using a 40pin / 80 wire ribbon cable. I bought it to share an existing IDE connection with a SATA disc drive. But it does not work, even with just the SATA disc connected via the ribbon cable and this product. Dip switch settings for Master or Slave make no difference. They appear redundant anyway, as tech support say the product cannot operate with another disc drive connected. Disappointed. I have not tried to use the product to connect a IDE disc drive to a SATA PC port.
Asa Rosenbaum (verified owner) –
Have not been able to use this as you need a 40 ide male connector to plug it into if you cant plug into the motherboard.