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Compact Flash CF to Desktop IDE 40-pin Convertor Card

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- 3 LED Display for Card detect, Read/Write Activity, and Power
- Female IDE connector goes right into motherboards

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Ownership verified by DX Works as expected
Posted by SirUrx on 3/26/2009
Involvement: Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

Price: starstarstarstarstar
Ease of Use: starstarstarstarstar
Build Quality: starstarstarstar
Usefulness: starstarstarstarstar
Overall Rating: starstarstarstar

Pros: Works fine when connected directly to mainboard. Acts as SSD. Works with 2GB SanDisk Ultra2 CF card and some older 512M CF too.

Cons: Needs floppy power connector to power up. I had one free but if power supply has only one of it and used for something else you need an adapter.

Other Thoughts: It could be problem if you want to use it as second device on same IDE channel, as the connector polarity is different and you can't use it with IDE cable.

Bottomline: Easy to use, plug directly to mainboard, no IDE cable needed and no mounting problem.

Ownership verified by DX Works just fine
Posted by zxnihundre on 1/21/2009
Involvement: General (knows how to use it) - Ownership: more than 1 month

Price: starstarstarstar
Ease of Use: starstarstarstar
Build Quality: starstarstar
Usefulness: starstarstarstarstar
Overall Rating: starstarstarstar

Pros: Works fine in conjunction with a CF-card, thus acting as a cheap and simple SSD-unit.

Cons: Very weak pins that are much too easily bended. So mount it cautiously! Might be a bit short of space on your mobo, depending on what type of motherboard is installed. It is on a Gigabyte mobo, at least.

Other Thoughts: Just put it with a high-speed CF-card into your IDE-port on your computer motherboard, then hook up a Floppy-style power cable, and - voila - your former mobo IDE-port now is a SSD!

Bottomline: Useful product - can be recommended to stationaries as well as laptops.

Ownership verified by DX Works just as it is supposed to
Posted by msolajic on 1/17/2009
Involvement: Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

Price: starstarstarstar
Ease of Use: starstarstarstar
Build Quality: starstarstarstar
Usefulness: starstarstarstarstar
Overall Rating: starstarstarstar

Pros: Cheap, plugs right into the motherboard connector. Great if you are building a dedicated computer with low power consumption in mind. The data transfer speed depends only from the type of the CF card used.

Cons: The IDE connector is a tight fit. Reqires some force to plug it in firmly. The Pin #1 on the connector should be marked, since some older motherboards don't have the plastic guide on them, and you can easily plug the adapter the wrong way and damage BOTH the motherboard and the CF card.

Other Thoughts: The CF card has a limited writes per sector, so it is not a good idea to install any stock OS on the card, as it will be destroyed in no time. You should stick to DOS or Linux (and maybe some other OS optimized for embedded devices) and create a RAM disk where you would load the actual OS image from the card.

Bottomline: The price is a real bargain, since I could not find it under $10. I've built a Pentium 1 class computer from scrap parts and now it runs as a home MP3 jukebox.

Ownership verified by DX Works, but questionable build quality
Posted by kegetys on 8/14/2008
Involvement: Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

Price: starstarstarstarstar
Ease of Use: starstarstarstarstar
Build Quality: starstar
Usefulness: starstarstarstarstar
Overall Rating: starstarstarstar

Pros: - Cheap
- Seems to work as it should
- Looks nice with black circuit board and activity leds
- No IDE cable required as it plugs directly to the motherboard connector (Cabled ones typically need special short cables to work optimally)

Cons: - Questionable build quality, looks like it was hand soldered together by someone who did not know how much solder to use so he used a different amount on every joint. The actual CF card connector is tilted a bit and the soldered connectors just barely touch their intended places.

Other Thoughts: The build quality on the cabled sku 00711 version seems better.

Bottomline: Works, but you get what you pay for.

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Dimensions: 2.44 in x 1.81 in x 0.31 in
Weight: 0.49 oz
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