Outcast Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Hi, I'm new to the whole hardware scene and want to make a simple cable for my first project. What I want is to make a cable that will convert IDE to USB so i can use internal IDE drives on my laptop. Can anyone point me in the right direction, I have googled and all I find is premade stuff. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. ~Outcast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 (Takes it to the highest level) There isn't a way to 'convert' IDE to USB. Instead what has to be done is have a IDE controller sit in between the hard drive and the computer. So you have a line of communication like so: Computer > IDE Controller > Hard drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Well, you can't make a "simple cable" to convert from IDE to USB, all the adaptor cables you can buy have IDE controllers in the IDE connector end. Edit: Damn, beaten to it by 27 seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 A review: http://techgage.com/article/vantec_sataide_to_usb_adapter/ Doesn't look like something I want laying next to my laptop. If you were that hard up for a hard drive for your laptop, just find a USB hard drive to begin with. It might make an interesting mod if it could be pulled off, but its not one I would want to try when it comes to something like a hard drive that would have important data on it. Something like a game console with making your own controllers, etc, where you can just junk your parts if you mess up is fine, but you goof on a HD and your out some big moola. EDIT: you could also look at: http://www.addonics.com/products/io/adideu2.asp for more ways to try this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kateweb Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 A review: http://techgage.com/article/vantec_sataide_to_usb_adapter/ Doesn't look like something I want laying next to my laptop. If you were that hard up for a hard drive for your laptop, just find a USB hard drive to begin with. It might make an interesting mod if it could be pulled off, but its not one I would want to try when it comes to something like a hard drive that would have important data on it. I love those cables, they make my life a hell of a lot simpler when I am "fixing" oher peoples PC's ( ie; backup >format> reinstall) I just pop in the cable and copy the data to a disk . I also use them because the 3.5 HDD's are cheaper the the lappy drives , and I have a ton of crap to put on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildone Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 Why not try this looks nicer? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817106091 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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