StarTech Bi-Directional SATA/IDE Adapter Converter (Black)

8 reviews for StarTech Bi-Directional SATA/IDE Adapter Converter (Black)

1. Rated 1 out of 5

   Alaina Herman
   February 9, 2023    Verified Purchase

   The guide mentions setting the DIP switch according to a diagram (step 1) The diagram does not exist. In step (4) it instructs the user to connect computer power supply to SATA hard drive but does not say with what or how?????????

2. Rated 1 out of 5

   Christa Erdman
   October 26, 2022    Verified Purchase

   Tried to hook up a Samsung internal dvd drive. It didn’t work with any settings. Disappointed

3. Rated 5 out of 5

   Giovanna Keeling
   October 15, 2022    Verified Purchase

   I bought this because I had an old IDE hard drive laying around for years that I needed to clean the data out of. Here is something to keep in mind… if you are connecting an old IDE drive up, be sure that the jumpers are set properly (if applicable). For some odd reason, one of my jumpers was in the wrong position, so I thought the adapter wasn’t working at first. Once I noticed the jumper and fixed it, everything worked fine.

4. Rated 4 out of 5

   Stanford Klein
   September 2, 2022    Verified Purchase

   I got it to work after many tries. First of all, all of the ports on the adapter and the hard drive need to be showing, so I finally figured out just to remove the drive and set it on top of the computer. I had no other drives installed. The connections are: adapter to IDE 40-pin, SP4 (“floppy”) 4-pin power connector to the adapter, SATA cable from motherboard to adapter “to computer” orange port, SATA power cable to included SATA to LP4 molex cable, and then LP4 to hard drive power input. My drive was so old it could not boot but I was able to boot from DBAN (Darik’s Boot and Nuke) on a CD and erase the drive, which is what I was trying to do. Thanks StarTech! I have two drives to do so I will make a profit on this purchase (unless you count my time geeking out here).

5. Rated 1 out of 5

   Pat Ortiz
   August 24, 2022    Verified Purchase

   IDE2SATA: I worked 4 hours trying to get it to work. I tried everything. My computer won’t even get past the BIOS with this device attached. I tried every combo of the switches, even though the tiny print says it doesn’t matter. ‘Slave’ is the only one that allowed me to access BIOS setup, where I saw that both drives were recognized. My hdd is supported too. The LED were blinking away, and the hdd was running.

6. Rated 1 out of 5

   Pansy Quitzon
   August 12, 2022    Verified Purchase

   As previous user stated, everything connected as manual suggests and HD isn’t recognized by PC. All in all useless.

7. Rated 1 out of 5

   Stone Metz
   July 23, 2022    Verified Purchase

   Could not get it to work using a 40pin / 80 wire ribbon cable. I bought it to share an existing IDE connection with a SATA disc drive. But it does not work, even with just the SATA disc connected via the ribbon cable and this product. Dip switch settings for Master or Slave make no difference. They appear redundant anyway, as tech support say the product cannot operate with another disc drive connected. Disappointed. I have not tried to use the product to connect a IDE disc drive to a SATA PC port.

8. Rated 1 out of 5

   Asa Rosenbaum
   May 18, 2022    Verified Purchase

   Have not been able to use this as you need a 40 ide male connector to plug it into if you cant plug into the motherboard.