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Product Dimensions

6.5 x 5.51 x 1.42 inches

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2 ounces

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Generic

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B0096BEJDI

Item model number

HDE-X52

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3.8 1,216 ratings

3.8 out of 5 stars

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No

Date First Available

September 18, 2009

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HDE IDE to SATA or SATA to IDE Adapter

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Item Dimensions	6.5 x 5.51 x 1.42 inches	—	3.9 x 2.8 x 0.3 inches	19.7 x 1.9 x 0.4 inches	3 x 0.8 x 0.9 inches

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irrational John

It works, but is not worth using with a hard drive. Too slow!!

Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2011

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--- Updated June 3, 2011 ---
I believe I have discovered why this adapter works fine for some and for others, such as myself, not so much. The adapter/chipset apparently cannot work properly when the SATA controller is configured for AHCI mode. The controller must be in IDE mode to get decent performance. After going into my BIOS and selecting IDE mode ... and waiting for the "hang" condition in HD Tune to timeout ... I was able to get decent sequential read performance of 69, 56, 17 MB/sec (Max, Average, Min). This is the performance I would expect to get based on how the hard drive I tested performs when connected via PATA.

Turning AHCI on in the BIOS drops the performance back down to 13-14 MB/sec.

I have no idea why these adapters apparently cannot support AHCI, I just know it is a problem for me. I need to enable AHCI to enable hot-plugging for eSATA. It now appears I cannot use these adapters for eSATA. So while they function, they still are not really useful to me.

However, if you do not use eSATA and do not need to enable AHCI, then you should probably be OK.
----- End of Update -----

My experience was good and bad with this PATA to SATA adapter, but mostly bad unfortunately.

On the good side the seller, RedTagTown, was very good. They shipped the product promptly and it arrived very quickly by standard USPS. When I reported my problems with the adapter to them they immediately shipped out a replacement and it also arrived very quickly.

Unfortunately both the original adapter and the replacement had the same problem: the performance when using it was simply unacceptably low. I believe this is a problem with the device itself, possibly a design flaw in the chipset. It seems unlikely that both of the adapters I tested would suffer a manufacturing flaw which would allow the device to function (sorta) yet have terrible performance.

I tested both of the adapters I received using HD Tune Pro v4.60. The first problem I ran into was that HD Tune Pro would continually hang for 30 to 60 seconds when I used an Intel ICH8 or ICH10 SATA controller. (These are the controllers on the motherboards I used to test this adapter). I have no idea why this happened. Possibly HD Tune Pro would send the adapter a command string which it could not handle. But since I have never seen this happen in any other context, it troubled me.

Fortunately I also had a PCIe SATA controller, a HighPoint Rocket 620 2 SATA Port PCI-Express 2.0 x1 SATA 6Gb/s Controller . I did not have this problem when I connected the adapter to the PCIe controller, only when using the Intel SATA connectors on my motherboard. So I used the Highpoint SATA controller to test performance of the adapter.

I tested using an old Seagate 250GB PATA hard drive. This hard drive returns sequential read speeds between 69 to 31 MB/s when connected using either PATA or a properly implemented PATA to SATA adapter. However, this adapter returned a more less constant sequential read speed around 13.5 MB/s.

This is unspeakably bad performance and it totally baffles me how anyone could build an adapter this bad with current technology. In fact, you can buy a simple PATA to USB 2.0 adapter for not that much more which will most likely return sequential reads greater than 25 MB/s in HD Tune. (For example, USB 2.0 to SATA/IDE Cable Adapter For 2.5 3.5 HDD . Searching on "usb sata ide adapter cable" should turn up almost too many other possibilities.)

Bottom line, I had a very good experience with RedTagTown EXCEPT for the product, which I found functional but unusable. RedTagTown tried their best to correct this, but they are a seller, not a manufacturer so it was beyond what they could do.

While this adapter WILL work ... you will be able to read and write a hard drive connected using this adapter ... the performance is terrible. You should be able to find a better adapter out there.

P.S. I also experience the problem of incorrectly mounting the adpater which made it appear to not work. As previous reviewers have noted, make sure you have correctly aligned the pins when you install this device.

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amik

How To Get Your Data, Among Other Things ... A Friendly Guide

Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2015

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Works perfectly. Instructions however, are trash. This is how I got it to work.

1. Connect both SATA cables to your motherboard.
2. Connect power to the PCB (the little white connection) on the Interface Board. A red light on the board itself, may or may not come on at this point for you - no worries.
3. Connect power to the physical hard drive. The drive should now spin up and the red light on the Interface Board should be on at this point no matter what.
4. Check computer to see that the drive is detected and you can access the contents.

Troubleshooting:
1. No Red Light ...
- If the red light does not come on, check to make sure you properly connected power to the white connector on the Interface Board.
- Make sure the SATA HOST > IDE HD cable is plugged in - this prompts the light to turn on.
- If you are absolutely sure you are supplying power to the Interface Board and the connections are good, and the red light still does not come on ... A. the LED is dead (unlikely) B. the Interface Board is a dud and is fried (return or request replacement)

2. Disk spins up but computer does not detect the connection ...
- Try disconnecting the SATA cable from the Interface Board and plugging it back in.
- Try swapping the connections to see if that helps.
- Try just one SATA cable and swap it between the two connections to see if any of that prompts detection.
- Try switching the SATA cable connection at the motherboard itself to a different port.
- If you all that and you still can't get a read, chances are the PCB on the physical hard drive is fried. The only way to fix this is to send your drive to an expensive recovery service and have them recover your data -- OR -- find a second functional drive that is EXACTLY the same as the one you are trying to recover - and swap the PCB so the dead drive now has the PCB from the working drive.

3. If your disk does not spin up at all ...
- Check and verify all power connections to the physical drive. The Interface Board itself DOES NOT power your drive.
- If you are sure current is flowing, and your drive still does not spin up - The motor on the physical drive is probably dead. You'll need a recovery service for this one because they will need to disassemble the drive in a clean room to recover your data.

4. If you are having weird problems I didn't mention above ...
- Is your brain compromised because you ingested some type of substance that could affect your cognitive abilities?
- Are you actually sure that you need this part?

No matter what, at the end of the day, remember the good news is that almost all data is recoverable regardless of the situation. But the bad news is ... you might have to pay A LOT more than $6 for it.

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Gordon Wedman

this didn't work for me

Reviewed in Canada on December 10, 2020

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I wanted to change the IDE hard drive in an old desktop for an SSD so I bought this adapter. This adapter plugs into your motherboard and stands about 3 inches tall with the connectors. With my desktop the platforms that hold the drives are on the side of the case that swings away from the motherboard. When I tried to close the case I discovered the adapter stood up to tall. I had to buy a short extender cable that plugged into the motherboard and then plugged the adapter into that and laid it down flat on the motherboard. I still could not get my old PC to recognize the SSD though, possibly because it is too old. Adapter may work for you but keep in mind the 3 inch height.

Hey! Mind Ya Bizness

Use your own cables!

Reviewed in Canada on January 14, 2020

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It's a bit flimsy, but it does work. Using your own cables is key. The molex adapter to power the card didn't work at all and the SATA cable is way too short for various applications, like a CD/DVD drive. As other reviewers stated, setting your drive as the master drive is mandatory. Thankfully I didn't have to solder any parts. But all that said, I was able to get it working with various IDE hard drives and CD/DVD ROM drives as well.

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Joel G

1) make sure LED light is on If not a)fiddle ...

Reviewed in Canada on September 29, 2015

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1) make sure LED light is on
If not
a)fiddle with the IDE connection (make sure all pins are connected, it can go connect in a way where some are not connected)
b)make sure power connector is connected to the new chip
c)make sure power is connected to IDE drive
d)swap between both sata ports labeled Sata host or IDE host, I have mine connected to Sata host for a old IDE dvd burner to a new SATA mobo

after a few minutes of trial and error I got it working. If the red LED light is on it is working correctly. After booting if the REd LED flashes once and turns off something is wrong.

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Robert

These SELLERS are REALLY good. I complained about a missing power supply cable ...

Reviewed in Canada on April 15, 2016

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These SELLERS are REALLY good. I complained about a missing power supply cable and they simply sent me a whole new package. Fabulous customer service!!!
Unfortunately, I like so many others are having a huge headache getting the device to work. Therefore only 2 stars given here. I still can't get this going and have pretty much surrendered, at least for now.
I wanted this to connect up an IDE outfitted internal PC Disc Burner.
* The included power connector has a very flimsy Molex end that's really difficult to fit in my connector. That took me hours of fiddling around!
* The provided SATA cable is stupidly short (about 6") luckily I have spare 12" that reaches the MB from the CD drive rear so be sure you have one on hand!!!

Amazon Customer

Both SATA to PATA and PATA to SATA in one product

Reviewed in Canada on October 1, 2018

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Worked great with my 2012 computer and 1998 hard drives. I have not tested the SATA drive to PATA host capabilities yet but I'm looking forward to it.

Not that I had any problems but DO be mindful that this is a bare PCB and should be kept insulated from all other metal objects. This is just good practice around electronics of this nature.

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