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I got this product because I purchased 2 new SATA hard drives and wanted to connect it to my computer via the USB because my computer uses IDE. There are a total of 3 cords. One plugs into the hard drive and outlet to give the hard drive power. The other 2 cords are what connects the hard drive to the computer. One cord goes from the USB of the computer to the end of the cord…there is a little “switch” which is where you can either connect the “switch” directly to an IDE drive, or you can use the 3rd cord, the SATA cord…plug one end into the SATA part of the “switch” and the other end into the hard drive.

The IDE part of the “switch” worked okay. The only problem was you could hear the hard drive turn faster then slower, faster then slower. It was not consistent and I would not rely on it to move important files. I did hook up the IDE hard drive to the power supply from the actual computer (I unplugged a CD-ROM and used that power) and used the USB part of this product. That worked. So it appeared that there was not enough power coming from the power adapter included. This does me no good, because for portability’s sake, I don’t want to have to open up the computer to get the computer power cord.

When I plugged in the SATA part of it, I had problems. The power cord was fine (other than the aforementioned problem) When I plugged in the cord to the USB, my computer recognized it as a USB interface. Even if I plugged in the SATA cord into the “switch”, it still recognized the device as being there. However, as soon as I plugged in the SATA cord into the hard drive, the device would disappear from my computer. I tried multiple SATA cords, other power supplies and nothing seemed to work. I have seen similar products work, and I may have gotten a bad one, but I just opted to get a SATA connection to plug into my mother board and use the power cords from inside the computer.
Rating: 1 / 5

If you want your SATA drive Fried than this is your Tool. I have been in the computer business for 27 years so its not like i do not know what i am doing. as soon as i plugged the power adapter in to my sata drive and plugged it up there was nothing but smoke pouring out of the drive. and yes you guessed it, the drives is toast now and will not work at all.

The IDE connection works fine. have not checked the Laptop connection and will not since i will be returning it today. i don’t want anything sitting around that will fry devices.
Rating: 1 / 5

Can I Use Sabrent USB-DSC5 Serial ATA or IDE 2.5-/3.5-Inch to USB 2.0 for plugging my old HP PC Pentium 4 comes with USB 2.0, plugging into a SATA Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB Hard Drive (OEM) as a Slave Drive. Not sure to buy this SATA HDD first or wait untill someone knows for sure. I don’t want it to be a waste of my money.
Rating: 3 / 5

I bought this because I am opening a computer service center. I thought it would be a vital tool, and it would if it had worked.

I read the instructions and plugged it to a 250 GB hard drive that I would have liked to use again. But,alas, as black smoke rolled of the power connector like an scene from mission impossible, I had to decide whether to let the combustion process continue, or risk electrocution to disconnect it. Being the genius I am, I chose the later and was unharmed, unlike my poor data laden, smoldering hard drive.

From now on I plan to read further into reviews and not just look at the cumulative stars. For if I had, I would see that many others have had the very same incendiary experience. I plan to seek legal counsel in the matter, just getting my money back is not going to cut it.
Rating: 1 / 5

Step 1: Plug into a SATA hard drive.

Step 2: See smoke coming from the hard drive.

Step 3: Throw product and hard drive into the trash.
Rating: 1 / 5