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Mwave has the Premiertek SIDE-0002 Serial ATA (SATA) or IDE 2.5" and 3.5" to USB 2.0 Cable Adapter/Converter for $9 with free shipping. Turns any SATA or IDE hard drive into a convenient external drive.
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Own the similar item and it is very handy when you try to verify the HDD- specially in the field or onsite service. Or if you have extra IDE drive on hand and don't bother to buy external enclosure- this can be very useful.
However ebay price is only $3.05 shipped. ( 99%+ feedback 600+ unit sold)
www.ebay.com/itm/330610507338
This $9 price tag doesn't seem very attractive to me- even it got extra back up function.....
MWave offer include 2A power adapter.
The ebay offer does not include power supply.
Be aware!
#2 Agree. But if you have any used PSU around - you really don't need the 2 A power.
For ATX power supply you can start the PSU w/o M/B- Just use paper clip short the green wire ( power on) and black wire(ground) then you are ready to use...
For ATX power supply you can start the PSU w/o M/B- Just use paper clip short the green wire ( power on) and black wire(ground) then you are ready to use...
^ Good point, that would be the green wire and black wire on the motherboard connector, not on the AC power socket... though, if the wall outlet is wired right that shouldn't be a problem either but too close to the hot AC lead for comfort with a paper clip... and just because your common AC lead is supposed to be at ground potential, that doesn't necessarily mean it really is, so nobody should ever hold a paperclip touching AC common wiring.
Not only me use paper clip- check the following link
http://www.overclock.net/t/96712/how-to-jump-start-a-power-supply-psu-test-a-power-supply-and-components
If you want to make it nicer and install a switch - someone did it for your reference
http://www.gideontech.com/content/articles/196/1
^ what I did instead was cannibalize an old motherboard for the connector socket, ghetto style by just pointing a blowtorch against the back of the board then knocking it against the ground to make the connectors fly off.
Then just solder a jumper wire between the two corresponding pins for PS-On/green and Ground/black.
The benefit of this is also that you can power up a different PSU without any load to more quickly determine if it wasn't coming on due to a shorted load (failed PC component).
Later I soldered a power resistor between 5V - Gnd and one between 3.3V - Gnd because every now and then I'll come across a PSU that won't stay on without a load on these rails. 3.3V load is an issue more often on more elaborate server PSU that have independent rails and shutdown monitoring on more of them. Some purpose made PSU testers will do the same but since I'd have a multimeter anyway, the PSU tester is redundant and takes up more space.
I'd rather pay the $6.00 to have the included PSU for IDE drives in the field.
^ maybe but be aware it's a pretty crude PSU, I won't use mine for more than a few minutes at a time and this after I swapped in better capacitors. For example it's nowhere near as well designed or built as a typical laptop PSU.
The other issue with that is if a drive is acting flaky so I pull it to try to get data off, if there's a problem and I can't see the volume then in the back of my mind I'm wondering if the drive is bad or the PSU crapped out. It's just not built as well as anything powering a HDD ought to be, cheapest simplest parts possible to get a regulated output.
Would be interesting to see the output on a scope though with mine having upgraded capacitors the resulting reading would probably vary from the original untouched PSU output.
I personally modify an old Enlight ATX PSU and made it lab power supply. Besides the binding post for 12v, 5V- -5V... I also keep the Peripheral, floppy and SATA connector so it can be used to connect HDD or internal device.
The link below is a basic build instruction.
http://www.wikihow.com/Convert-a-Computer-ATX-Power-Supply-to-a-Lab-Power-Supply