Originally posted by: cpmee
Have you plugged in the power to it ?
Are you using the correct sata port on it , I think one is in and one is out ?
It could just be defective, what kind of build quality/quality control do you expect for $6.65 ?? :laugh:
OK, here is the latest in the IDE/SATA converter saga.
It is not defective.
I could not get it to work with my 200gig WD IDE drive.
However, it does work with an assortment of about 5 different older 2.5" laptop drives I have here.
These are various manufacturers (toshiba, hitachi, 800mb-20gig).
One of the 2.5" drives does not work, but I am pretty sure that particular drive is bad.
I benchmarked the 20 gig laptop drive and it seems to perform about the same as when it was on and IDE cable.
I'm thinking that maybe it's just the way the 200 gig drive was previously identified by the bios and then the asrock mb is unhappy when it changes.
In which case a full bios rest might resolve things.
I don't know, maybe it's just a compatability issue.
I'm going to do some more tests, I have some other 3.5" drives here as well.
Whats wrong with $6.55? I guarantee you they are all made in China.
That dealextreme place has some pretty good prices. How they manage low cost shipping from Hongkong to US i'll never figure out.
When I ordered this converter board I ordered a bunch of other stuff. It came in multiple envelopes spread out over several weeks.