Addonics ADIDESA 150 Mbps IDE to Serial ATA Converter

by Addonics

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 4 x 2 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000090169
• Item model number: ADIDESA
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #29,264 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 30, 2003

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

With the Addonics IDE to Serial ATA (SATA) Converter, you get more speed out of your hard drive, hot swap capability, and better airflow in the crowded interior of your desktop computer.

By mounting the IDE to SATA converter on the back of any IDE hard drive or ATAPI device--such as DVD-R/RW, CDRW, and DVD-ROM drives--you can convert to a new SATA interface. The converter can also mount onto the Addonics combo hard drive desktop drive cradle and other Addonics internal devices. Then, you can simply plug it into an open SATA port.

What's in the Box
ADIDESA IDE to Serial ATA converter, SATA cable, Y-power cable, and power cable.

Product Description

Addonics IDE-Serial ATA converter ADIDESA Cable Adapters

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Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great item, March 29, 2005

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D.H. (Virginia Beach, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Addonics ADIDESA 150 Mbps IDE to Serial ATA Converter (Personal Computers)

I installed the card in less than five minutes on the back of my IDE ATA hard drive and used all the cables that came with it and BINGO it converted it to a Serial ATA Drive.
When I got my new Dell desktop, I could not use my new 250BG IDE ATA hard drive because I did not have any IDE ATA sockets available.
Dell recommended using an IDE to SATA converter.
WHAT A GREAT card!!!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Didn't work properly with my computer, might work for yours., November 27, 2005

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Vivona (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Addonics ADIDESA 150 Mbps IDE to Serial ATA Converter (Personal Computers)

I tried this to connect an IDE Western Digital WD800JB drive to a Dell Dimension 9100. I am a very experienced hardware and software user, so I am sure I connected it correctly. I could only get it to work if I went into BIOS and manually re-detected the drive with every bootup. Then it would take 30 seconds for the system to boot up. Once it did boot up, I could use the IDE drive as expected. My guess is that the Intel Storage Matrix Manager present on my computer (and most new PC's) had compatibliity issues with the Addonics converter. If I didn't go into BIOS and manually re-detect the drive with a bootup, the booting sequence would hang up. Obviously, I don't want a component that will requires manual BIOS setup with each bootup, so I am returning the item.

Your system may behave differently, so give it a try but be sure to return the item within 30 days if it doesn't work for you.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dell xps600 sata system, old ata hard drive, ADIDESA, May 31, 2006

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GM (Huntsville, Al.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Addonics ADIDESA 150 Mbps IDE to Serial ATA Converter (Personal Computers)

All my info was on my old hard drive out of my Dell 4300.
Bought a new Dell xps 600 with SATA hard drive format.
Installed ADIDESA onto the old hard drive, installed the old hard drive into the new XPS 600 and "poof" the old hard drive worked 1st time.
Rebooted the computer 5 times with no lock up, same good results everytime.
ONLY COPLAINT is that I had to buy a "Y" cord ($5) so I could split power off of the DVD player (which is the same connector as the old hard drive) and jumper power to my old hard drive. This is due to the fact that the SATA hard drive power connecter is different than the old hard drive power connecter and the xps 600 only had extra SATA drive power connectors. ( Radio Shack did not have a SATA power connector to ide drive power pigtail)
Addonics provided all the other wiring that was needed. I even forgot to change the master jumper on the old hard drive to slave with no problems. Adidesa worked like a charm, simple, easy to install, highly recommended.
This was installed two day ago, 5-28-06, will keep you informed of any problems that might accure, but so far so good.