Link Depot USB2-SATA USB2.0 TO IDE/SATA Adapter Cable

Pros: NONE.

Cons: This item is unacceptable. First, the quality isn't worth even the ridiculously low price... Don't be fooled by the low price, it's not even worth that much. The molex connector/SATA adapter is so cheap. I've spent more time trying to fit it into the female adapter then I have actually using this product. The power adapter is so beyond unacceptable... it's APPALLING. It set my work bench on fire on the second use of the product.

Overall Review: This is an absolute do not buy. If you have this product, throw it out. It is unsafe. Do not by this product. It is not electrically sound. If you decide not to heed my warnings, PLEASE be sure to supervise this device when it's plugged in AT ALL TIMES. I made the mistake of walking away from my work area... hear a POP! and bam... just like that, a fire. Wow. This is 2010, we seriously can't even get a simple AC adapter right? Will never purchase from this company again. I wish NewEgg would stop carrying so much stock of awful quality... I'm getting tired of having to sift through all the junk to get to the gems... This goes beyond junk. Do not buy it.

Pros: Price, obviously. Probably fine, as long as you don't use the power supply.

Cons: Power supply is junk. I opened it up to look at the components. I am a practicing electrical engineer and, although I did not reverse engineer the circuit, my assessment from looking at the components is that there is no way I can believe that these will support anywhere near the claimed 2A@12V + 2A@5V = 34W power rating and/or keep proper voltage regulation and/or not have serious risk of component failure. This explains to me the various comments about drives getting "fried," and so on. I strongly urge owners to discard the power supply and do not risk any computer equipment on it.

Overall Review: I bought this in haste, before reading the reviews. But If you already have a power source and are just looking for an IDE/SATA to USB adapter, then this might be a good choice, given the price.

Pros: THE BOX IS SMALL

Cons: I read the instructions, followed them to the T, and none of my 3.5 hard drives even began to spin. the power light on the adapter was on. I tried to plug the USB cable in, but the computer would not even recognize that anything had been plugged in. When I tried a 2.5" drive, the computer acknowledged a USB device, but said it was not recognizable. ALSO - I did not see anywhere on the ad where this is not Win 7 compatible, but it is not with my Win7 64 bits I put in an RMA and Newegg was great about accepting it back. I will try ONE MORE.

Overall Review: WHEN I GET A REPLACEMENT - I WILL RE-REVIEW. Hopefully I will have better luck.

Pros: The adapter itself works fine. I tried it on 2-1/2" and 3-1/2" HDDs, both IDE and SATA, also tried it on a CD-ROM. It worked well on all units, but it was a little slow to recognize some older IDE HDDs. It may be that the old drives are not in good shape. Otherwise, speed is good, and I had no trouble writing files to the drive while reading and playing videos at the same time from the same drive.

Cons: As others have noted, the power supply is not much good. Having been warned by other user reviews, I measured the output voltage before attaching to a drive. 5V was at 5.28v, and 12V read 12.7V. Too high for comfort - but I connected an old drive (with problems) just to see what a load would do. The voltage dropped a little, to 5.22V and 12.62V - still too high! Moreover, an O-scope showed about 1V line rate ripple pulses in the output voltage. This is not a supply to use if you care about your hard drive or it's data integrity.

Overall Review: OK, I like to tinker, so I took the supply apart (carefully). The line voltage ripple was due to a too small input filter cap, 22uF @ 400V. I replaced that with a 68uf 400V cap (yes, there is room). For good measure, I replaced the 680uF and 470uF output caps with low ESR, 105C 1500uF and 1000uF units. The voltage regulation is done with a "LM431" IC. I adjusted the reference feedback shunt resistor from 4.7k to 4.87k. A few of the solder joints were poor, so I touched those up, too. Results: 5.01 volts and 12.05 volts at ~500 mA load, and pretty solid with load and line changes. No line ripple above 95 VAC in, and switching noise is <100mV p-p. Runs very cool. It will deliver 5V @ 2A and 12V @ 2A, but not at the same time (nearly, though). This supply now has the power and accuracy to run any HDD I have, and I no longer fear it will do damage.

Pros: The actual controller works well. Takes a few moments to register the drive, but that is normal.

Cons: My power adapter was smoking and destroyed the controller on the sata test drive. The part that was destroyed was rated for 15 amps, which means this thing was dishing out some MAJOR power.

Overall Review: Test your power supply before using it on something important. Buyer beware.

Pros: none that i can find

Cons: I read all the directions, plugged in my SATA hard drive, it started smoking now my hard drive doesn't work anymore. I would advise not to buy this product

Pros: Compatible with older IDE (3.5" and 2.5") as well as newer SATA. Decent cable length.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: Multiple times I've used this to repair laptop hard drives for people. When something happens with the OS and it won't boot, I've taken it out and connected it to my main PC and retrieved all their files that would've been deleted had they just re-installed. Then just format the drive and re-install. Worked like a charm each time.

Pros: Works perfectly with my hard drive and DVD drive (watching a movie on it right now). No noticeable speed loss when opening files off hard drive. Drives stay cool so no worry about over heating.

Cons: Didn't like one of my CD drives, but I'm leaving that one inside the computer, so it won't matter.

Overall Review: Arrived early, during Christmas week no less! Can I give an extra egg for this?