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Experience with SATA/IDE to USB 2 Adapter?
What is your experience with this type of adatper? Does it work for
you? I've purchased twice but can't get them to work properly with Windows XP and 2000 on 2 different PCs. I set my IDE drive as master, connected to USB port, and turned the power on. It mounted the first time, but I got "delayed write failed" error when copying files to the drive connected. I turned it off and from then on, Windows can't mount the drive anymore. It appears XP knows the existence of the drive when connected and powered. The safely dismount tool would show up at the toolbar of the bottom. I can stop the drive (although it's never mounted). Tried "scan for hardware changes" does do anything. The light on the adapter keeps blinking. Reboot does not make it work either. Once the PC would not boot without disconnecting the device. The vender thought it was the problem on my USB or system. I have not had problem with other USB devices and tried on 2 different PCs. I've tried 2 CD-ROMs and 2 working IDE hard drives. Have you seen a working one? It would be very convinient if it works. Thanks for any advice, liu |
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Experience with SATA/IDE to USB 2 Adapter?
On 23 Mar 2007 21:12:39 -0700, "cpliu" had a
flock of green cheek conures squawk out: What is your experience with this type of adatper? Does it work for you? I've purchased twice but can't get them to work properly with Windows XP and 2000 on 2 different PCs. I set my IDE drive as master, connected to USB port, and turned the power on. It mounted the first time, but I got "delayed write failed" error when copying files to the drive connected. I turned it off and from then on, Windows can't mount the drive anymore. It appears XP knows the existence of the drive when connected and powered. The safely dismount tool would show up at the toolbar of the bottom. I can stop the drive (although it's never mounted). Tried "scan for hardware changes" does do anything. The light on the adapter keeps blinking. Reboot does not make it work either. Once the PC would not boot without disconnecting the device. The vender thought it was the problem on my USB or system. I have not had problem with other USB devices and tried on 2 different PCs. I've tried 2 CD-ROMs and 2 working IDE hard drives. Have you seen a working one? It would be very convinient if it works. Thanks for any advice, liu I have two different ones. I don't plug in the usb connector until after the drive has spun up and has completed its startup routine. the only time I have problems, is when I try to use a bad drive or a really old one. Stephen -- |
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Experience with SATA/IDE to USB 2 Adapter?
Thanks for the response. What is the manufacturer of your adapter?
Mine is generic. I wanted to upgrade to a name brand but according to the vender all the adapters use the same chipset. Name brands just cost more and nothing else. I've tried it on a laptop with the same result. XP identified the USB device, and notified that "it is ready to use." But, I can't mount the drive. I do wait til the drive warms up. Any suggestions? thanks, liu |
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Experience with SATA/IDE to USB 2 Adapter?
On 26 Mar 2007 21:24:34 -0700, "cpliu" had a
flock of green cheek conures squawk out: Thanks for the response. What is the manufacturer of your adapter? Mine is generic. I wanted to upgrade to a name brand but according to the vender all the adapters use the same chipset. Name brands just cost more and nothing else. I've tried it on a laptop with the same result. XP identified the USB device, and notified that "it is ready to use." But, I can't mount the drive. I do wait til the drive warms up. Any suggestions? thanks, liu The brand on the usb to ide/sata adapter is Vantec. Bought it locally at an independent computer shop. Newegg has it: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16812232002 Stephen -- |
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Experience with SATA/IDE to USB 2 Adapter?
On Mar 27, 12:24 pm, "cpliu" wrote:
Thanks for the response. What is the manufacturer of your adapter? Mine is generic. I wanted to upgrade to a name brand but according to the vender all the adapters use the same chipset. Name brands just cost more and nothing else. I've tried it on a laptop with the same result. XP identified the USB device, and notified that "it is ready to use." But, I can't mount the drive. I do wait til the drive warms up. Any suggestions? thanks, liu I think most of the USB-SATA adapters out there use JMicron chipsets, which from what I've heard have some compatibility problems. JMicron is one of the few companies that makes USB-SATA bridges. The rest make USB-IDE ones but not SATA. See if you can find one that uses a Cypress or NEC chip for USB-IDE or Oxford Semiconductors for USB-SATA. Those are the better, USB-IF certified chips AFAIK. |
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