Unlike a lot of negative reviews on this product, the one I received perfectly satisfactory. I placed the component being careful not to force. It is necessary to position the center the plug on the IDE socket because the adapter plug is size smaller than the standard IDE motherboard socket. The adapter must be supplied with a plug type floppy drive. A cable is provided for this purpose. It should be noted that the component can interfere since it is placed vertically, but in my case no pb. In my setup, it is used to connect a CD / DVD SATA IDE location; I hope he will be reliable over time.