The Y power cable was also needed for this particular setup. It may be hard to discern in the image, but I had to use the female to male IDE extended cable to connect the IDE drive to the adapter due to the fact that the SATA drive obstructed the 40-pin IDE connector. In the image above, you will see that I have an 80gb Hitachi SATA drive and a 80gb Western Digital IDE drive connected to the adapter at the same time. Another tidbit to remember is that 1.8 and 2.5 inch IDE drives can run by USB juice alone. Just plug the included power brick into the adapter and you’ll be fine. That could result in bad bad things happening to your drive. The main thing you should remember, is to NOT connect power to an SATA’s 4-pin power connector AND the power connector on the adapter. The other 2 connection points are for a mini sized USB cable and a 4-pin power cable.Ĭonnecting the adapter to your drives is not rocket science, but there are a couple of important things to be aware of that the included instruction sheet fails to mention. You can see it on the right side in the image above. The other main connector is for 2.5 and 3.5 inch SATA drives. One is a 40-pin connector for 1.8 and 2.5 inch notebook drives and the other is a 40-pin connector commonly used for 3.5 or 5.25 inch hard drives and optical drives (CDroms / DVDs). Two of the 5 connectors are for IDE devices. The status LEDs show Power, Read/Write activity and SATA connectivity. The button initiates the one touch backup feature (more about that in a bit). The new adapter is a 3.0 x 2.5 x 0.5 inch plastic box, that has 1 button, 3 status LEDs and 5 connectors. One look at the new design of the main adapter revealed a built in power connector for the SATA connection. This first thing I noticed when I opened the box, was the fact that there weren’t as many cables included with this version of the product. USB 2.0 To SATA/IDE Adapter With One Touch Backup
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