Tuesday, January 31, 2012

USB 2.0 to IDE Hard Drive / ATAPI CONVERTER ADAPTER CABLE

Tired of buying expensive external hard-disks.... here is an easy way. You can buy this serial adapter - USB to IDE/ Sata which will enable you to connect normal internal harddisks (which are quite cheap to buy compared to external ones) and treat it like an external. The cable may cost around Kshs 1000, but this depends where you buy in Nairob.
Many semiconductor companies have chips that do the conversion between IDE and USB and simplify the way you can connect an IDE device on USB.
Features : -
  • Complies with USB 2.0 and backward USB 1.1
  • Support Both 2.5" and 3.5" HD Drive
  • Complies with ATA / ATAPI - 6 Spe. V1.0
  • Complies with USB Storage Class spec. 1.0
  • USB 2.0 High Speed (480 Mbit) and full speed (12Mbit) support.
  • Supports Self-Power modes
  • Supports USB Suspend/Resume Wake-up ability.
  • Supports IDE & enhanced IDE hard disk
  • Supports ATA/ATAPI CD-ROM/CDR/CDRW/DVD-ROM & more
  • Supports Windows 98 SE/ME/2000/XP and Mac OS 8.6 or above
  • Supporting system start up (MB must support USB mass storage device boot up!)
  • Hot-swappable (Don't have to reboot the computer)
  • Plug and Play
  • IDE / ATAPI to USB 2.0 Convertor Cable
  • Driver CD for WIN98SE
IDE to SATA SATA 2 IDE HDD CONVERTER CABLE ADAPTER

General Features:


  • One to One Serial ATA (SATA) to Parallel ATA interface adapter
  • Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specification
  • Supports data rate of 1.5Gb/s for Serial ATA mode transferring
  • Supports Ultra ATA 133 and backward compatibility
  • Support 3.5� IDE hard drive and 5.25� CDROM
  • Power-On and Read/Write access LED indicators
  • Driverless (No driver required)
Power adapter Features:
  • Convert a single 12V input to FDD and HDD power connectors with 5V and 12V outputs
  • Suitable for any 3.5-inch Hard Drives and 5.25-inch Optical devices
  • Built-in On/Off switch
  • Two LED indicators showing operation status of 5V and 12V
  • Specially designed to suit any 12V power supply with at least 1.6 Ampere
Specifications:
  • Serial-ATA (SATA) Interface
  • Serial-ATA 1.0 specification compliant
  • External power connector
  • IDE Interface
  • Support ATA PIO and UDMA modes
  • Support 3.5-inch IDE hard drive and 5.25-inch optical drives

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