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Re: Recommended way to deal with IDE to USB adapter blocking molex?

2024-07-18T16:22:19Z

Use this adapter. It is redumper-compatible and does not block the molex power connector on IDE Plextor drives.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EHDTRJ6/

Re: Recommended way to deal with IDE to USB adapter blocking molex?

2024-07-17T19:49:33Z

Those in the United States might have better luck with a more mainstream brand there like IOMEGA for example.
ignore the shipping costs in the screenshot attached - I'm obviously a million miles away.

Re: Recommended way to deal with IDE to USB adapter blocking molex?

2024-07-17T19:36:26Z

I ignore those adapters and use these cheap ass external drive enclosures, swapping out the optical drive.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266850539491
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/335465107868
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/395350101892
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/374653639320

readily available in the UK, I assume similar products / models are abundant all over the globe.

Am in Turkey a the moment for work and with heavily restricted internet, but searching your local ebay/craigslist/facebook marketplace/whatever second hand selling markets are available might yield some results.

Recommended way to deal with IDE to USB adapter blocking molex?

2024-07-12T19:58:20Z

I'm looking to acquire some additional IDE to USB adapters. I've got one that works nicely with the old Plextor drives already. I've got a second one that uses the recommended chipset (Innostar IS611), but the SATA connector on the side of that adapter partially blocks the molex power connector on my Plextor drives. Thus, I have no way of powering the Plextor when the adapter is connected.

In my process of deciding which adapter to buy next, I noticed that several of the recommended adapters (on the Redump Wiki) seem to have the exact same PCB layout as my IS611-based unit that blocks the molex connector. For example, the Kingwin USB-DSC9 seems like it would have the same issue. The IDE key notch is on top, which will put the SATA connector on the right hand side of the drive, blocking the molex connector (which sits immediately to the right of the IDE connector on many of the old Plextor units).

How are others making use of these style adaptors? Will right-angle molex adapters fit between the adapter body and the drive? Or maybe it's possible to use a short special IDE cable to space the adapter from the drive? Or am I just missing something and there's a way to get the molex to plug it without any trickery?

Thanks!