Ultra SATA to IDE and IDE to SATA Adapter Review

[skymitch89]

This would solve the IDE to SATA problem, but I only have 1 male molex plug that is used for the disk drive.

[miguel3317]

where did you buy it at can't find it.

[yragg96]

i have an ide dvd writer and a new motherboard which only have sata ports. can i use this to solve my problem?

[jimmy101112000]

@yragg96 Yeah but its much easier to buy a SATA DVD writer for $22 on newegg dot com. Reason being I was in the same boat as you. I bought a real cheap adapter on ebay and it only supported IDE hard drives no IDE DVD CDrom drives. Plus the piece I did get goes into berserk mode where the pc would not respond or the read and write speeds dropped to 4mb sec. Plus the connections would butt up against the metal drive casing. The other good option if you have PCI slots is to get the Syba IDE

[jimmy101112000]

Controller card on newegg for $18. It would have to be bootable if you want to install windows with it because I did buy a cheap $8 card with the same chip on the card and it was not bootable like the Syba one was which means I could not use an IDE hard drive to boot with since it only saw the devices after windows was done loaded. The part number is SYBA SD-VIA-1A2S. Now you will see a DVD SATA drive is $1 more the item number is N82E16827135204 on newegg. This one I do own and works great

[TheFatalHybrid]

shit doesn't work.

[EvendimataE]

i bought the cheap ones from amazon..they work if you only want to transfer files..but not when used as main drive

[HelmetVanga]

One thing to point out is that the HDD is 44 pin as you can see the HDD is old and bigger than a laptop's HDD. This adapter only works for 44 pin HDD... is there another adaptor for 40 pin HDD ?

[simoXYY]

thank man really helped

[9Lucario9]

Do I need to use jumpers with this thing if I already have a SATA drive installed?

[9Lucario9]

Do I need that molex connector, or can I use it with SATA power cable?

[9Lucario9]

Where goes the power connector for the little card?

[sondano]

@9Lucario9 to the PSU's molex connector

[1200rist]

Does it work if my Motherboard doesn't have any IDE ports?

[gtarules1]

@1200rist only if you have SATA, then it's IDE to SATA, which he showed. They no longer have molex connections, so get a converter too.

[1200rist]

@gtarules1 I bought two adapters, but none of them work.

[gtarules1]

@1200rist after you connected them and everything? wow, where did you get 'em from?

[kaimelis]

Hello, i have this adapter and i try to connect ide cd rom to sata ports on mb. I do everything correctly but red light is always on and it doest not work, ca you help?

[yhynerson1]

It has connected the POWER PORT but it has not connected the DATA PORT.

So could it load data?

[yhynerson1]

@yhynerson1 maybe something wrong. Can you tell me that...

[overclockeador]

It didnt work for me, damn it.

[HelmetVanga]

@overclockeador you are correct, these adapters not always work. Mine did not work either. I have a Vantec SATA/IDE to USB 2.0 Adapter, it comes with mini CD driver software which is useless.. this adapter does not work with a HDD that I am trying to recognize to get data off of. Now I have another adapter made or sold by CABLESTOGO, this adapter actually sees the HDD as a device but I cannt data off of just yet. In most cases if the HDD is just fine, it actually works.

[TheJtagModders]

I have 3 of those hard drives all 200 gb, how much are they worth.

[gurpinder530]

ay man i hav computer with windows 7

but i hav a hard drive witch was a xp

i wan to will it work

on my new computer

i jus wan to take files out

[wasim3s]

It does not work with IDE DVD ROM/Writer to Sata......

[YOCOSMINMAX16]

wait 1 sec i have a ide compatible motherbord , and i have an extra ide ribbon cable for an extra ide hdd , but i wanna buy a sata hdd , how i can perform that ? yes sound n00b , but i really wanna know .

[Shainkov]

it doesn't work for me. the bios and the OS can't see the SATA drive. Why?!

[Chargersball1]

will it work for optical drives

[juniortore1]

Sweet, I need one. I got a new SATA HDD. I have an older motherboard (D845PEBT2) which does support SATA. I plug the drive in, the motherboard finds it no problem, but both XP and 7 install discs will not find the drive. And in windows XP after booted, it wont find it that way either. Yet, the drive works fine with my SATA to USB. Can add and remove data no problem. Stupid motherboard.

[ebickels440]

@juniortore1 do you have the proper sATA Chipset drivers

[juniortore1]

@ebickels440 yes, it just doesn't work. Sata was nearly unheard of then. When sata was like DDR4 today. Know what I mean?

[xadam2dudex]

the full review on the site ( after I hunted for it ) was the same as this video..I was hoping to see it working in a system

[cop083]

in the video u said we can see the full review at your website but i went there and couldnt find the vid. how to i get to it because i really wanna watch the full review. thanks man

[lU2BE2]

thank you for uploading this this video it was very useful

[TheSpiritcyrus]

I bought one and it is not recognizing the ide dvd rom- help!

[bultacopursang]

Ah, so, JuiceMonkey69. Right you are! I found one of those four-holed mutha's and plugged in my drive. Just hope the cable reaches the drive bay!

Thanks for the tip, kiddo.

[bultacopursang]

It sounds (from the narrative) as though you need ANOTHER cable, (in addition to the ones that come with the convertor) to provide POWER to the IDE drive. Is that correct? (I only ask because the guys at TigerDirect, where I bought two of these) told me there was no additional cabling required. I'll be pissed if they're wrong!

[JuiceMonkey69]

@bultacopursang molex power connectors should already be on your power supply so no you shouldn't need any more cables

[obituaryu]

OMG I NEED THISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[cop083]

ide rapes sata

[roofy2k]

SAY-TUH or SAT-UH? lol sorry

[xSKYK1Dx]

@roofy2k Doesn't matter. If anyone tries to murder you for saying it one way or another just ignore them.

[kc88kc]

oh yeh do you have a web site were i can buy sata cables when ever i buy them they end up bing like 5 bucks for 2

[xSKYK1Dx]

@kc88kc Amazon sells them at fair prices. 5$ for two doesn't sound that bad though I don't see the problem.

[kc88kc]

ha awesome i was just wondering if the made one of these

[tunkunrunk]

I've just bought 3 of them from ebay , they do not work at all , the computer freeze before POST

[MusicanoftheFuture]

Mmm! I'm still wondering where my Internal Blu-ray Caddy Exclosure's gone as it's not come 2 the door yet but will probably be with me Wednesday or Thursday. Anyone know if I can just use a DVD Caddy Exclosure 4 a Blu-ray/HD DVD Drive?

[y2kjorgeavila]

Wats the speed

[tochimuzikal]

abnoy!

[2baylord]

My ASUS P5ND MB only has 4 sata ports> Is it ok to plug this adaptor directly into IDE slot on the MB and create a 5th sata port since the other 4 are full with HDD and disc drives? Now I want to plug another HDD or maybe my other Blueray/lightscribe/RW+dvd/wr+­cd drive. PLEASE PLEASE RESPOND I AM SCARED TO TURN MY RIG BACK ON WITH THIS SET-up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

U GUYS ARE AWESOME, THANKS

[FredFlintStoneRox]

How far does this protrude (in inches) from the back of the HD? I was wondering about the length added by the adapter itself.

[Speedster159]

Where can i get this cause i have a shortage of SATA ports.....

[valdarmort]

if you plug the adapter into your motherboard ide header will the adapter card support 2 sata drives ?????

[RICH123nick]

help i bought 2 of these and dont know how to use them .... please reply back asap

[TheModernReaper]

@RICH123nick Is 8 months ASAP enough for you?

[chris06g]

if my motherboard has a ide slot, does that mean I Have to use an ide hhd?? or cuz i just ignore it and connect it normaly? whihc would be connect the hdd with sata and the power supply?

[Baillie18]

i have a sata to ide pci card as i dont have any sata ports on my hdd, could i hook up just the sata hdd, so its the primary hdd and run windows off of it? thanks

[Disloopman]

can you put this on a mother board ?

[tim9000123]

@Disloopman yes

[2baylord]

@tim9000123 TinyTim R U SURE? Read my above comment & tell me if this is all good?

[2baylord]

@Disloopman Hey Kid< So whats the verdict. I asked OC the same ? Read my above comment and let me know if this is what u tried to do and if it worked or not?

[Disloopman]

@2baylord i just went with a converter from sata to ide. pretty much i didn't buy this, plus this has bad review :"P _

[PABLODESRIVIERS]

@Disloopman en español yo les enseño la wea y lo asen en menos de 5 min

[MrShaikibrahim]

it is funny

[begeebert]

it will work in dvd writer?

[Isuzulu]

will it work on a CD/RW drive?

[andresraya]

good job. very helpful and easy to get it.

[junito510]

i have a problem but i bought too diffrent adapter to turn a ide into a sata hardrive and installed windows xp on it and when booting up i get ntldr is missing please help me

[xmediaproduction]

@junito510 You can't use this adapter with a Primary drive.

[ScottieNiven]

Will this adapter show smart status from drives?

[spencerf09]

where did you buy this at?

[RaGeAgA]

hi i have a mainboard. but it's sata ports are not working. and if i buy this device does my sata hdd work fine ?

[jimmy101112000]

Sata might be turned off. Check in BIOS.

Make sure they are enabled.

[bo2tat]

will it work for IDE cable to SATA drive?

[gibsonlespaul2]

@bo2tat

yes

[191ankit]

will the speed vary..............

[Smeddog1]

sweet, great vid, helped me a lot.

[hyylo]

that you for the video!

:)

[jkjjkj08]

is it working.

when ia sked in the market the product is available but the shopkeeper complaint that this sort of conversion is not working and he also added that every one is returning the product to him!

So any one checked it!

[khaos2005]

i wonder if this will work to attach a ide cd-rom to a sata computer

[LeonMeekis84]

wonder if this well work for SATA HARD DRIVES for the original xbox

[OverclockersHQ]

Never thought of that. it probably would

[obituaryu]

@OverclockersHQ does this work with IDE dvd drives?

[AxiomofDiscord]

@OverclockersHQ Probably not is more likely ... its got a female IDE how you going get that to work

[rodrick4u]

I was thinking about that too. The only concern is the space between hardrive and the housing. If this can work I will be installing a 500gb hd.

[birdbrainxzx]

@LeonMeekis84 i just ordered the converter and am going to perform an experiment using my old laptops 160gb sata harddrive to try and install it on my original xbox ill let you know how it goes

[taz99taz]

I need 2 adapters :(