Coolmax IDE to SATA Multifunction Converter

[RicoS]

I just purchased a Coolmax IDE to SATA Multifunction Converter and have attempted to connect seagate hard drive 3.5 IDE......device manager showing that a usb drive is listed but not being recognized in my computer...I have tried master, slave and cable select. Anyone have one of these devices in your tool kit and had problems with it? This is my 2nd one .......first one did the same thing!

 

[trapped]

I haven't used that particular product, but I have seen the error if the drive isn't getting power.

 

[NickCat11]

The controller is probably fried on the drive if it's not being recognized by the computer. You can try mounting it on a Linux based system like Ubuntu. Sometimes that can do the trick.

 

[NickCat11]

I just purchased a Coolmax IDE to SATA Multifunction Converter and have attempted to connect seagate hard drive 3.5 IDE

After doing a quick search on that adapter, the reviews are pretty poor. Was the first adapter you tried the same model? I use this one and it works great...http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812200155&cm_re=ide_sata_usb_adapter-_-12-200-155-_-Product.

 

[topshelfpc]

Does the computer recognize the drive at all? is it possible it has a corrupt boot record? Or possibly needs to be initialized?

 

[Tweak]

I have used and suggest avoiding this brand (and Bytecc as well) adapter and instead suggest and have three of the Rosewill RCW608 units and haven't had any issues with constant usage over many months.

(Really I'd suggest ONLY the Rosewill these days after having also used several others which I no longer recall the name of the manufacturer for now.)

Also, did you look in Computer Management by chance? Have you opened Device Manager and had it "Scan for hardware changes" as I have to do this with an Esata drive I own...just a few thoughts that might help.

 

[RicoS]

I think that I will check out the other models that was suggested here........Thanks for the input.