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2 pins on the DVD drive broke while hooking up an IDE to USB adapter. The drive turns on and is initially detected by Windows 10, but then it's never detected by Windows. Am I screwed? I'm having trouble finding another one online. Great luck of mine.

Out of curiosity, does anyone else use a specific IDE to USB adapter for the drives that can dump GD-ROMs?

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>Out of curiosity, does anyone else use a specific IDE to USB adapter for the drives that can dump GD-ROMs?

Yes, bad IDE adapters will FRY your drives, they might not fry them right away either which makes you wonder if that's why your drive stopped working.

"Kingwin IDE to USB" on Amazon is cheap but VERY GOOD because they got voltage regulated perfect. Another good one is search "UGREEN USB to IDE Converter, USB 3.0 to IDE" - more expensive, but nicer looking, I've had one of these fail on me but it didn't fry my drive.

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3 Reply by wiggy2k (edited by wiggy2k 2022-08-21 01:25:31)

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just piping up with my 2c worth.

here in the UK we had a budget peripheral manufacturer called Freecom.
i have had lots of success with their 5.25 inch Optical drive enclosures.

I think in the USA there are similar enclosures by companies such as mitsumi.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/394181769686
There will be a load of off brand examples.

These work really well and can be had for very little outlay, just swap out the drive for a Plextor.

or even more recognizable brands like sony / Iomega / whatever.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/275199522488

4 Reply by scsi_wuzzy (edited by scsi_wuzzy 2022-08-23 02:43:46)

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Did the pins actually break or just bend? Some of the IDE to USB adapters have an IDE connector that's narrow, making it possible to accidentally plug in the connector when it's shifted one row to the left or right. The result is that it will bend two pins in one row, either the leftmost or rightmost set of pins on the connector. In that case, though, you typically can bend them back without breaking anything.

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scsi_wuzzy wrote:

Did the pins actually break or just bend? Some of the IDE to USB adapters have an IDE connector that's narrow, making it possible to accidentally plug in the connector when it's shifted one row to the left or right. The result is that it will bend two pins in one row, either the leftmost or rightmost set of pins on the connector. In that case, though, you typically can bend them back without breaking anything.

Definitely broke. Let me share a picture below.

Out of curiosity, is there any reason to go the TS-H352C route if I'm able to do the SD Rip 1.1 route? Not sure what the difference between the two would be.

And thanks for the feedback on the IDE adapters. I am returning the dodgy FIDECO one and got a Vantec. Figured I'd try it anyway and see if this drive is redeemable, but maybe I should try the Kingwin or UGREEN that was recommended, first.

Bad adapter: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077N2KK27?ps … ct_details
Adapter I just got but haven't tried yet: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01E7EPKUO?ps … ct_details

https://i.imgur.com/ZXyiUHD.jpg