Cables Unlimited USB-2110 USB 2.0 to IDE and SATA Adapter Cable with Power

by Cables Unlimited

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 2.2 x 4.5 inches ; 13.1 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000JJM2GW
• Item model number: USB-2110
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (69 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

Turn any SATA or IDE drive into a convenient external drive with our USB 2.0 to IDE Drive Adapter. Simply connect an IDE drive, plug the USB to IDE adapter into an available USB port to transfer files from computers or notebooks, back up files, or store files on hard drives with ease. Supports Iomega Zip, CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-ROM and hard drives.Transfer files quickly and easily.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works well - from an I/T geek, November 20, 2009

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GodfatherInOhio (Westlake, OH United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Cables Unlimited USB-2110 USB 2.0 to IDE and SATA Adapter Cable with Power (Personal Computers)

First of all, i'm an I/T geek and i've used several of these adapters. This one works well but has a couple flaws:

CON's:
1) It comes with no instructions or spec's, which are necessary because of #2 ...
2) This device will not work if you connect it to a laptop running on battery power. I connected this device to my laptop's USB port. All three SATA drives were recognized but failed to be accessed until my I/T "spider-sense" tingled & I connected my laptop's A/C adapter. Now all of the drives are accessible.

Most users are not professional I/T geeks and would not be aware of this- they'd erroneously think the adapter was defective and likely return it.

PRO's:
So, as long as you connect this device to a desktop or laptop on A/C power, it'll work fine. One thing i particularly liked is the SATA power adapter cable is short, sturdy, and is shaped at a right angle to "idiot proof" it from naive users who would otherwise yank it straight out by the (fragile) wires and not by the end piece.

I give it 4 stars.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Must have for IT technicians, September 29, 2008

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Quality Plus (Racine, WI) - See all my reviews

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I have two of these cable adapter units. One for my office and one for my truck. Don't leave home without it as you will inevitably run into a situation where you need it to fix one of your customer's computers.

Very handy and universal. I like this better than any other quick adapter I've used. Only once has it not worked with a hard drive. But that was a bizarre situation with a low RPM hard drive. I had to find a special PC to make data recovery with that hard drive work.

Excellent product.

26 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Works, sort of., December 8, 2007

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M. A. Peery (Cold in Alaska) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cables Unlimited USB-2110 USB 2.0 to IDE and SATA Adapter Cable with Power (Personal Computers)

I have three IDE drives to try this on.
The Seagate 160G, never could get it to work.
Maxtor 160G, works every time.
Western Digital 120G finally got to work after setting drive jumper to Master with slave. Would not work when set to Master standalone.
Didn't try the ESATA.
Manual is the typical chinese translated to english type and doesn't have much in it.
Question you need to ask yourself if you're thinking of buying this is, do you feel lucky?