Convert internal 2.5"/3.5" IDE drives or SATA 3.0 drives to USB 2.0 for hot pluggable use. Also converts internal CD/DVD drives to USB drives.
Transfer Rates Up to 12Mbps With USB 1.1
Transfer Rates Up to 480Mbps With USB 2.0
Easily add storage to any system with USB
Currently supports up to 500GB
Supports ATA/ATAPI-7
Supports LBA-48 Addressing
Hot-swappable: Plug and play without rebooting!
Compact
Drive power supply included.
lshw output:
*-usb
description: Mass storage device
product: USB to ATA/ATAPI Bridge
vendor: JMicron
physical id: 6
bus info: usb@5:6
logical name: scsi3
version: 1.00
serial: D57CA8512854
capabilities: usb-2.00 scsi emulated scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage maxpower=2mA speed=480.0MB/s
No more opening my case to do data recovery or other drive work for clients/friends!
Converts both 2.5" laptop and 3.5" desktop IDE drives as well as SATA drives to USB 2.0. I also tested it with an IDE CD-ROM and it worked successfully.
I wish the power supply had an on/off switch though, that's why I give it a 9/10.
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