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These things are great
Posted by smeg4brains on 07-01-2009
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Pros:It just works. Every drive, every computer I've tried, it just works. It fits nicely into an original xbox, and lets you put a huge sata drive in to make a bad ass self contained media server. I put a 500 gig sata in as a test, and I have it loaded up with about 700 movies and everything works perfectly (just had to figure out how to format large drives in an xbox correctly).. I'm rambling because there's the 500 characters thing..
Cons:The solder points for the IDE connector could short on the drive if pushed.. Just put something between them and it's not a problem.It's dealtoworlde.. of course I think it could be cheaper.. Is free too much to ask?
Other Thoughts:I've tried those bi-directional sata adapters found elsewhere on deal extreme, and they're buggy and picky about their hardware. These act just like you put a large IDE drive in. Performance is great, and reliability is rock solid.
Bottomline:Get this. It solves problems!

Works on Topfield DVR
Posted by TeTTe on 04-07-2009
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Pros:One of the few adapters that can be used on Topfield DVR:s allowing the use of sata disk instead of the original pata (ide) disk
Cons:Ide connector´s solder side pins are very close to the disk.Connector rear side may contact the metal casing of the disk if the cable applies pressure to the adapter.I would recommend using some insulation between adapter and disk just in case.
Other Thoughts:Well built and compact desing.Adds only 4cm to the lenght of the disk (including cables and connectors).Height is within standard disk height.CAUTION: extends 5mm outside the left side of the disk (looking from the rear of the disk)
Bottomline:Very nice adapter, I warmly recommended it. Just plug it in and you even forget it is installed.

Working great,as advertised
Posted by rellik1000 on 03-22-2009
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Pros:Bought this device to rebuild a system after a nasty virus.With a brand new Samsung 500GB HDD.My VIA 6421 sata controller card would not recognize my new Samsung HD502HI 500GB HDDLooking for a budget solution to make it work I gave this card a try.On powerup BIOS detected as 500GB.Partioned and formatted XP posts at 465GB
Cons:It does feel a little flimsy,but for the price it works
Other Thoughts:Seems Samsung sataII drives are not compatible with VIA 64xx controllers.Not super concerned about speed as this drive will be used for storage anyway but it does seem pretty fast,though I have no hard numbers to post.
Bottomline:Budget solution to add sata hdd to your system.

Works
Posted by metro1000 on 02-13-2009
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Pros:Works for the purpose intended,speed seems unaffected in normal daily use. claims to be able to "break the 137GB barrier". I will be testing this on an old motherboard soon.
Cons:Not very robust when mounted on the HDD, will be OK when in the case but fragile when out of it.
Other Thoughts:Thank goodness these things exist! see below.
Bottomline:I have just used this to bring a machine back to life who's SATA controller had failed on the motherboard. Cost very little but saved the cost of a new HDD. Better than expected, I thought it might be slow.

Really nice and cheap
Posted by kingdread on 01-27-2009
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Pros:-Works at ATA100/133 speeds-Cheap-Small
Cons:-Build quality could be a bit better
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Bottomline:I bought two of these and I wasn't disappointed at all. I tested it with SiSoft Sandra on my 500GB Seagate and 640GB WD SATA hard drives. The Seagates hd read speed on SATA was 74MB/s and with the converter was 72MB/s. The WD hd read spead on SATA was 64MB/s and with the converter was 62MB/s. The write speeds were also close to the SATA speeds. The converter is also almost the same height of a hard drive and doesn't take much room at all. The only thing I complain about was that the solder job on one of the cards was a bit shabby and the black foam spacer was missing. For less than $6 this is a good buy and I would buy it again.

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