USB 2.0 to IDE External Adapter For 2.5" & 3.5" hard drives or DVD-RW/CD-RW $14

[realdeals]

pcmicrostore.com have PCMS IDE TO USB 2.0 DRIVE ADAPTER PC/MAC (PCMS-IDE2USB) $14. Neat little item without the external case to swap out drives quickly. Descriptions says it will work with 2.5" laptop drives, 3.5" desktop drives or 5.25" DVD-RW/CD-RW/CD-ROM. Here is the link
IDE 2.0 Adapter


Key selling bullets:
Compliant with USB 2.0 & USB 1.1
Drive Support: 2.5" & 3.5" & 5.25" (with converter - included) EIDE drives.
Connectors: USB A port to IDC 40-pin female for 3.5" ide hard drive or 5.25" ide drives
Supports various kinds of ATA /ATAPI based mass storage device port.
USB 2.0 High Speed (480Mbit) and Full speed (12Mbit) Support
Support Self-Power modes
Consume low electricity
Supports USB Suspend/Resume Wake-up ability
Supports plug & play specification
64/512 bytes Data Payload for full high speed Bulk Endpoint
USB 2.0 high-speed storage class applications such as Hard Disk, CD-ROM, CD-R / RW, DVD-R/RW, and DVD-Rom.
Support IDE hard drive up to 250GB
System and other requirements

PC Users
Minimum 64 MB RAM
Minimum 233 MHz processor
Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP
CD-ROM drive
Available USB 2.0/1.1

Macintosh Users
Minimum 64 MB RAM
Mac OS 8.6 or higher
CD-ROM drive
Available USB 2.0/1.1
Product dimensions and warranty information

Standard Warranty: 1 year warranty
Package includes

USB 2.0 to IDE drive Adaptor
Power Adapter with 4-pin power plug and Power cord
CD Driver
User Manual

 

[KenSr]

There is no mention of being able to use it with 2.5" laptop drives in the discription.

 

[realdeals]

Drive Support: 2.5" & 3.5" & 5.25" (with converter - included) EIDE drives

 

[slightlyhuman]

gonna pick one up

thx

 

[unclebud]

thanks for posting!

 

[Ghettocowboy]

too bad, I am out of USB ports on my laptop and this does not support Firewire. Oh Well

 

[Schmide]

I too got one,Tanks

 

[Trevah]

nice find....ordered me one too

 

[Falloutboy]

hmm kinda wish this did firewire but the price is pretty decent. might have to build a little enclosure with 4 drives in it and a hub

 

[cmccrkn]

Thanks for posting this. I don't mean to thread crap but at almost $21 shipped I think I'll wait for a deal on one with an enclosure.

 

[Falloutboy]

Originally posted by: cmccrkn
Thanks for posting this. I don't mean to thread crap but at almost $21 shipped I think I'll wait for a deal on one with an enclosure.

true but i'm ordering 4 and shipping is only 7 bucks so its not too bad.

 

[seanws]

Originally posted by: realdeals
pcmicrostore.com have PCMS IDE TO USB 2.0 DRIVE ADAPTER PC/MAC (PCMS-IDE2USB) $14. Neat little item without the external case to swap out drives quickly. Descriptions says it will work with 2.5" laptop drives, 3.5" desktop drives or 5.25" DVD-RW/CD-RW/CD-ROM. Here is the link
IDE 2.0 Adapter

if youre looking for something to be able to "swap out drives quickly," i like item this item from frozencpu. basically the same concept, just less clutter if you only plan on using the drive for a bit. only 9.99, ground shipping for me was under $7.

 

[ddebuss1]

Originally posted by: seanws

Originally posted by: realdeals
pcmicrostore.com have PCMS IDE TO USB 2.0 DRIVE ADAPTER PC/MAC (PCMS-IDE2USB) $14. Neat little item without the external case to swap out drives quickly. Descriptions says it will work with 2.5" laptop drives, 3.5" desktop drives or 5.25" DVD-RW/CD-RW/CD-ROM. Here is the link
IDE 2.0 Adapter

if youre looking for something to be able to "swap out drives quickly," i like item this item from frozencpu. basically the same concept, just less clutter if you only plan on using the drive for a bit. only 9.99, ground shipping for me was under $7.

I like the thing that Frozencpu had was pretty cool. Keep in mind that it would not be hotswappable unless you have an IDE card that supports hot-swap. That is pretty uncommon. So you will have to shutdown and reboot each time you wanted to change drives. The USB device would not have that requirement.

 

[AmphibSailor]

Any good ideas on powering your drive?

 

[jrichrds]

Originally posted by: AmphibSailor
Any good ideas on powering your drive?

Package includes:
Power Adapter with 4-pin power plug and Power cord

 

[Devistater]

Originally posted by: seanws

if youre looking for something to be able to "swap out drives quickly," i like item this item from frozencpu. basically the same concept, just less clutter if you only plan on using the drive for a bit. only 9.99, ground shipping for me was under $7.[/quote]

Thats a cool little device, though as mentioned not hot swappable.

 

[cheapgoose]

i was thinking about getting 2 of these for internal hdds. it'll look nicer than an ide pci card and a few ide cables. how fast is this usb 2.0 compared to reg. ide transfer.

thanks.

 

[Devistater]

Originally posted by: cheapgoose
i was thinking about getting 2 of these for internal hdds. it'll look nicer than an ide pci card and a few ide cables. how fast is this usb 2.0 compared to reg. ide transfer.

thanks.

Slower and more CPU. If you want less cableage then why not grab a SATA drive? Plus you can't normally boot off USB. And the other end is a standard USB plug, you will still probably have to run it outside the case to plug in on the back since most USB cards dont have more than maybe one internal standard USB plug if that (instead of headers).

 

[Trevah]

Originally posted by: Devistater

Originally posted by: seanws

if youre looking for something to be able to "swap out drives quickly," i like item this item from frozencpu. basically the same concept, just less clutter if you only plan on using the drive for a bit. only 9.99, ground shipping for me was under $7.

Thats a cool little device, though as mentioned not hot swappable.[/quote]

And you would need an adapter for 2.5 inch hd's.....

 

[dc]

wonder what chipset this usb adapter uses.

 

[Chunkee]

thanks, these come in REAL handy

jC

 

[fbrdphreak]

thanks OP, one on the way :thumbsup:

 

[funnyfenix]

got one, let's see if it is what they describled

 

[SenorBiggles]

Originally posted by: jrichrds

Originally posted by: AmphibSailor
Any good ideas on powering your drive?

Package includes:
Power Adapter with 4-pin power plug and Power cord

Anyone know where you can get that power adapter by itself? I want to attach some extra case fans I have around to some home theater components.

 

[Devistater]

Originally posted by: SenorBiggles
Anyone know where you can get that power adapter by itself? I want to attach some extra case fans I have around to some home theater components.

I doubt you are going to get any cheaper for just the AC adapter than the $14 here for the whole package. Most of the time if you buy an AC adapter you'll pay at least that. This is assuming you can find it. Usually if you want to power something with molex connector you buy a power supply that goes in a computer. Not individual AC adapters. Also you'd want to be careful about hooking up too many fans, it says 1.5 amps of 12v and 1.5 amps of 5 volt on the one I bought a couple months ago from a differant website. Many case fans take anywhere from .3v to .6v for the 80mm size.

Probably the cheapest you could come out is if you got a AC adapter that had 12 volts and cut off the end and connect a spare molex connector on the end. Case Fans usually run at 12v so you'd only need the one voltage.