Sabrent USB-DSC5 Serial ATA or IDE 2.5-/3.5-Inch to USB 2.0 Cable Converter Adapter with Power Supply
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Customer Review: A must for computer technicians!
Summary: 5 Stars
After reading all the reviews here and on other sites, I made the purchase. I have not been disappointed. The indicator light is perfect. I have salvaged data from two drives, so far. The variety of connection options is wonderful. There are numerous connectors and cables to satisfy most every need. The only thing missing is a case to hold the gear. Had to find my own way of storing and transporting all the pieces. Still, it's a welcomed item to have in my arsenal.Customer Review: Sabrent USB to SATA/IDE
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a product with an interesting and very flexible design. One can change between SATA, IDE, 2.5, 3.5instantaneously. Unfortunately, Sabrent supplies it with a very unreliable AC power supply and apparently, they know it. My power supply was DOA, no light, no spin-up. As soon as I told them my problem, they sent a good replacement. However, the power supply is not needed for the 2.5 drives. Sarbent is one of those rare companies with competent technical "assistance!" Sabrent USB-DSC5 Serial ATA or IDE 2.5-/3.5-Inch to USB 2.0 Cable Converter Adapter with Power Supply There is one design fault, unlike ordinary ribbon cable, it is quite easy to plug a 3.5 in incorrectly. A further problem is Micro Soft disk formatting, both the Windows 7 and XP give unstable results, Seagate's formatting program is stable (what's new?). I got this for older drives, I have not tested it for SATA.Customer Review: Not worth the risk
Summary: 2 Stars
I went cheap and it was cheap. It comes in several pieces that are easy to misplace, some parts are hard to connect to the drives. It overheats drives and in one case caused one drive to stop working. I sent it back and spent an extra $10 for a much better adapter.Customer Review: cable converter adaptor
Summary: 4 Stars
Unit worked fine without problems except that the adaptor is too wide and when ide connection and power connection are close there is no room to plug in both connectors. An ide extension cable would solve the problem.
This was a problem with an optical drive
Customer Review: I wish it worked
Summary: 2 Stars
This adaptor said that it works with ALL 2.5" or 3.5" SATA or IDE hard drives so I felt pretty comfortable in purchasing it. Well, it does NOT work with my 2.5" SATA Fujuitsu drive. My drive is not bootable so I was hoping to be able to hook it up to my desktop and get some files off of it. I waited a week and a half for this adaptor to arrive and the cables won't even connect. Am I missing something?? I know HOW it's SUPPOSED to connect, but the Fujuitsu drive seems to have a plastic piece blocking part of the area the adaptor's SATA connector is supposed to go. There is NO way to remove this piece from the hard drive. (sigh) Anyway, I gave this adaptor two stars. It MAY work for some, but this USB adaptor does NOT work with ALL the drives it claims it does. To top it off, Sabrent's website is useless. I am quite disappointed.