I have brought this adapter because I have an external enclosure from Stardom.
This housing is connected to the PC via USB 2.0 and inside there is the possibility to connect IDE HDDs.
The power supply is realized via a separate power supply of the Ext. Housing.
Now that I want to achieve a maximum storage rate I've bought a Western Digital Caviar Green (3TB, SATA).
For this purpose this adapter, a MOLEX Y cable (for power supply of HDD and adapter) and a MOLEX-SATA cable.
So far so good.
I have the whole thing now connected, connected via USB to the PC and turned on. It was the
Initialize the driver even recognized the name of the hard drive, but does not appear in My Computer.
After I pulled off the USB from my laptop and have reconnected the IDE device although it was recognized but not the hard drive. In the workplace, you will not be displayed.
I then the hard drive connected with a friend in his Tower via SATA to test whether it works.
It works, the housing with ner IDE works.
Conclusion:
For my application, the adapter (as of now) no solution. Too bad.
