IDE to SATA Hard Drive or Optical Drive Adapter Converter, 40-Pin PATA to 2.5" SATA HDD / SSD / ODD Converter, TAA

Excellent, great quality and worked with no issues. Have jumper made it easy to setup as a second drive on the ide ribbon.

Used for old Mac HD replacement. Once configured with the correct partition sizes on ssd the item works great. Been tested an ran under load for three days. No issues. Power cable is a nice touch since it makes the drive easier to mount with an adapter.

I got this to put a larger hdd in my original xbox and it works flawlessly. Its kind of hard to see all mounted and stuffed in the case, but its in there and its amazing

This product works great. I have three of them in one of my machine. To be clear, it converts a sata drive to IDE so it can be plugged into an old machine that is IDE only. It does not convert an IDE drive to sata. I have tried it on multiple HDDs and two optical drives. I have had no issues just leaving everything as cable select. If you want a device to convert an IDE drive to sata, try this one https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081YP2S5R. Unfortunately, StarTech doesn't seem to make one of these, so I have to plug one of their competitors instead.

The only IDE -> SATA I've tried that works. Tested on an Power Mac G4 and was seeing speeds upwards of 80MB/s. All the off-brand units I've tried either don't work at all or kinda work but aren't able to boot fully.

Works perfect for connecting SATA drives to IDE PCs but for Original Xboxes it has a few issues. Boot speeds were noticably slower than stock with a 1tb Western Digital HDD, and the DVD drive stopped recognizing discs as well. This behavior went away after going back to the original hard drive and ditching the adapter. I don't think it's StarTech's fault that the adapter didn't work exactly how I hoped. It's a quality product and I'm using it for a VERY niche use case.

Dang, I hadn't realized I've had mine for five years! It's in use daily. It's had no issues! Buy one, PLEASE!

I will be buying more! These are the perfect adapter for original Xbox HDD and SSD SATA upgrades! Don’t believe anyone who says it doesn't fit inside the Xbox case, there’s lots of room to spare with a 2.5” drive and a 2.5” to 3.5” adapter tray. Be sure to get an 80 wire 40 pin IDE cable too! Why am I telling you all this? There are upgrade guides and videos out there. Great stuff! Highly recommended!

This product is fantastic. Much better than the cheap options available on facebook. Upon receipt I was blown away by the weight of the product compared to the cheap one I was sending back. Typical Startech quality on full display here. The Good: - Works seamlessly in an original xbox to allow for the use of massive SATA drives (I used it to max out the 2TB limitation of the hardware) - Made with good materials - Includes a molex passthrough to chain the adapter between a source and another drive - Includes jumpers to allow master/slave/cable select - The power adapter attaches parallel to the board, freeing up space in otherwise craped situations The Bad: - Both sides of the board is left entirely exposed, inviting shorts. Would highly recommend taping off the back of the board, regardless of use - The power cable uses the mini-molex plug used by legacy floppy drives, meaning you need to use the included cable to power the adapter. Not a deal breaker, but extra, unnecessary, wires always suck The Ugly: - As opposed to a standard plastic ATA socket, this adapter uses a pin header. Your IDE ribbon will fit fine, but it seems to attach muss less sturdy This device is 300% of the price of competing cheap options, but it is largely worth it to have a one-and-done solution. If you're looking to upgrade your original xbox hard drive in 2021, you really can't go wrong with this.

Najważniejsze, że ze starym kontrolerem IDE nowy napęd DVD działa, co prawda jeden - tak jakby przejściówka zapisywała sobie go (ten pierwszy napęd podpięty do niej) w pamięci i już żadnego innego nie chciała rozpoznać (jakaś metoda na jej reset?).

I've used a few of these in Windows 98 gaming PCs that only support IDE. It means that all of the SATA HDD's I have lying around can be installed in these retro systems, as IDE drives are hard to find and overpriced these days. There are some operating system and hardware limitations of your retro system if you wish to use larger SATA drives, so be prepared to use something like Seatools to "trick" your larger SATA drive into thinking it's only 128GB/137GB in capacity for Win98 usage for example.. I've tried cheap ebay copies of this item and they are intermittent, it's not worth the hassle, spend the money on this for a reliable and great experience ;-)

Bought two of these to connect modern SSD drives to my old Original XBOX and a Apple PowerMac G4. I was struggling with some of the other cheaper ‘no name’ IDE/SATA adapters that are also on Amazon. They all either failed after a while, didn’t boot at all or connections were slow. These from Startech are fast, reliable and noticeably higher quality. The only flaw is the open pins that many other reviews already mentioned. Also you wanna add some protection to the back side of the adapter (tape/rubber etc) so that the solder joins don’t bump against other metal components.

I used this with a SATA HDD to upgrade an IDE based audio recorder (Yamaha AW1600). It worked well with the two drives I tested. These were a Vertex 2 SATA II 60GB and a Samsung 840 EVO 250GB. Having tried two other SATA to IDE interfaces, this was the only one I found that worked properly in my particular scenario. The other interfaces I tried either did not work fully or were very slow. I have not done exhaustive testing but it does appear that this is a very good product.