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I had no problems copying files, moving files, running programs, watching videos or listening to audio files using this adapter and the test drives. The answer is YES, you can connect them, but they wonвЂ™t work. You might be wondering if it is possible to connect 2 IDE devices at the same time to this adapter. Maybe the next version of this adapter will have the power switch on the opposite side of the brick. The small Blue power light on the power brick remains lit even when it is not supplying power to the adapter. The only bad thing about the power switch is the fact that the only way you really know if the drives are powered off, is by feeling them for vibrations, listening for whirling platter noise, or seeing if the drives are still mounted on your PC/Mac.

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This is a welcome update as it was lacking in previous versions of this product. ItвЂ™s housed in the oval shaped blob in the middle of the cord leading to the adapter. I should also mention at this point, that the power brick included with this adapter, has an ON/OFF switch built into the cable. Again, both drives worked fine when connected in this manner. Files could be copied back and forth between the drives and back and forth between my desktop computer.ДЄ much more tidy configuration is pictured here with the same SATA drive and a 40gb Toshiba IDE.

Even though it looks sorta messy, both drives mounted and worked as expected. The Y power cable was also needed for this particular setup.

It may be hard to discern in the image, but I had to use the female to male IDE extended cable to connect the IDE drive to the adapter due to the fact that the SATA drive obstructed the 40-pin IDE connector. In the image above, you will see that I have an 80gb Hitachi SATA drive and a 80gb Western Digital IDE drive connected to the adapter at the same time. Another tidbit to remember is that 1.8 and 2.5 inch IDE drives can run by USB juice alone. Just plug the included power brick into the adapter and youвЂ™ll be fine. That could result in bad bad things happening to your drive. The main thing you should remember, is to NOT connect power to an SATAвЂ™s 4-pin power connector AND the power connector on the adapter. The other 2 connection points are for a mini sized USB cable and a 4-pin power cable.Д¬onnecting the adapter to your drives is not rocket science, but there are a couple of important things to be aware of that the included instruction sheet fails to mention. You can see it on the right side in the image above. The other main connector is for 2.5 and 3.5 inch SATA drives. One is a 40-pin connector for 1.8 and 2.5 inch notebook drives and the other is a 40-pin connector commonly used for 3.5 or 5.25 inch hard drives and optical drives (CDroms / DVDs). Two of the 5 connectors are for IDE devices. The status LEDs show Power, Read/Write activity and SATA connectivity. The button initiates the one touch backup feature (more about that in a bit). The new adapter is a 3.0 x 2.5 x 0.5 inch plastic box, that has 1 button, 3 status LEDs and 5 connectors. One look at the new design of the main adapter revealed a built in power connector for the SATA connection. This first thing I noticed when I opened the box, was the fact that there werenвЂ™t as many cables included with this version of the product. USB 2.0 To SATA/IDE Adapter With One Touch Backup

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