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Turn any drive into a hot swappable USB drive with this SATA/IDE to USB adapter from Vantec. The external power adapter ensures that you have enough power for 3.5" hard drives and 5.25" optical drives.
Because you don't need a case, this is a great setup for tech benches and repair shops. It makes data recovery and transfer faster since you don’t have to mount the drive into a system or external case first. Check and connect drives in a hurry with this versatile little tool!
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Great, but be CAREFUL!
- Pros: This is a fabulous product. I own an IT consulting company and we've been looking for something that will allow us to connect any ide, sata, (desktop and laptop) hard drives quickly and reliably. This is it. Especially for the price I would not hesitate in purchasing this wonderful time saver.
- Cons: Very bad design relating to the connectors of the laptop power cable adapter and the SATA/IDE Adapter.
Before I start I will confess that I did not read the instructions for use. This is a simple and somewhat intuitive product, especially for techies. I didn't think there were any Cons until... I proceeded to attempt to copy copy data from a laptop HD to my laptop computer. I connected everything properly and could hear the windows default sound for connecting a device into the usb port, however the drive was not showing up. Upon further investigation I realized that the "2.5inch Power Cable Adapter" was not plugged in to the SATA/IDE Adapter. (Important part following:) I noticed on the end of the power cable and on the side I first looked at that there was somewhat of a plastic notch/rise and then matched it up with the SATA/IDE Adapter and plugged it in.
Please continue in "Other thoughts". I wouldn't want anyone to repeat what happened to me...
- Other Thoughts: I started to smell something like burning plastic, and then my computer shut down. Thinking I had fried my computer I opened it up and fortunately only a usb/connector card in my laptop was blown. Confused as to why this happened, I investigated and confirmed that the 2.5" power cable adapter was plugged in up-side-down. And in fact it would connect one way just as easily as the other way. Nothing prevented it from going in the wrong way. We bought two of these devices and I confirmed that the second device was the same way.
This is a great product and we'll still use but BE VERY CAREFUL with laptop hard drives.
Hopefully this will save you heartache, money and time.
Works well overall
- Pros: Inexpensive, all connectors needed for 3.5" and 2.5" IDE and SATA drives. No drivers required. Worked with any drive I tried - about 10 so far, from an old 20GB Quantum ATA66 to 500GB SATAII. I tried two different brands before and they were picky about hard drives.
- Cons: Flaky power connector, doesn't maintain contact if even slightly touched, must be bad crimping inside the molex plug. I'll have to fix this myself, not a big enough problem to request RMA.
- Other Thoughts: Except for the bad power plug it'd be 5 stars: very useful gadget to have around.
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Fantastic Adapters
- Pros: These are great little adapters. I use them probably once a week at our computer shop. We've got 4 techs and every tech has at least 2 (one in their tool bag, and one at their desk) and we've got several on our bench. The switched power supply is great in that you can leave it plugged in all of the time and just switch the power off close to the connector. I've used non switch power supplies and they seem to burn out if you leave them plugged in all of the time. These are a bit more expensive than other 'slave kits' but totally worth it. Totally a MUST HAVE for any computer technician.
- Cons: None
A necessity for a field-tech.
- Pros: Versatile! 2.5/3.5 IDE and SATA on one device. Transfer rates are sufficient at 20-30MB per second average. Great for on-site data backup, migration or virus/spyware removals.
- Cons: SATA port sticks up at a 90 degree angle to the rest of the unit - makes it difficult to pack flat if you wish to leave the included SATA cable attached.
Orientation of USB cable makes it almost impossible to attach to a 3.5" hard disk installed in a case - motherboards get in the way requiring the drive to be removed. No biggie.
LED stopped working - doesn't make much difference to me.
Takes a little while to recognize the drive after power up and plugging in via USB. I usually have to wait 15-30 seconds before the USB 'ding' ;)
- Other Thoughts: Make sure the USB port its plugged into has enough juice to power a laptop hard drive otherwise it will just keep trying to spin up!
Technology heads-up:
With USB 3.0 Superspeed coming out, might be prudent to wait and see if a 3.0 IDE/SATA adapter comes out. It would GREATLY increase throughput.
This device has been superseded by a eSATA expresscard and IDE adapters to give me the throughput I need.
Gotta be better ones out there
- Pros: Simple to use
- Cons: Does not work
- Other Thoughts: I have used this on three different hard drives...SATA and ATA and haven't had any luck. I have also tried to use it on a known working hard drive. No luck. I have used these before and never had a problem. Sometimes plugging this thing in alone messes with my computers GUI until I unplug it. I have had no luck on either a Vista or XP machine. Total waste of money.
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VANTEC |
| Model |
CB-ISATAU2 |
| Spec |
| Type |
USB to IDE&SATA |
| Specifications |
Interface:
SATA to USB 2.0
3.5"& 5.25"IDE to USB 2.0
2.5"IDE to USB 2.0
Dimensions: 70 x 43 x 10 mm
Cable Length: 92cm (36in) |
| Features |
| Features |
Transfer Rates Up to 12Mbps With USB 1.1
Transfer Rates Up to 480Mbps With USB 2.0
Easily add storage to any system with USB
Currently supports up to 2 TB
Supports ATA/ATAPI-7
Supports LBA-48 Addressing
Hot-swappable: Plug and play without rebooting! |
| Packaging |
| Package Contents |
SATA/IDE to USB 2.0 Adapter
SATA Cable
Power Cable
Power Cord
Power Adapter
Driver Disk |
| Manufacturer Warranty |
| Parts |
1 year limited |
| Labor |
1 year limited |
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Reviewed By: Chadwillbe on 12/22/2006
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
