Here is a useful gadget if you want to connect some IDE hard drives to your PC via USB or eSATA, the USB + eSATA to IDE Adapter. The USB + eSATA to IDE Adapter lets you connect any IDE device to a USB ...

We'll dive straight into our read tests. Remember that we're using two different models of SATA and IDE drive. Interestingly, the IDE drive performed better in our tests, although the SATA drive was ...

The IDE JBOD (just a bunch of disks)/RAID (redundant array of inexpensive disks) PCIe (PCI Express) controller adds an extra channel, RAID capability, and JBOD capability to any desktop system, and ...

We have seen lots of docks where you can plug in a SATA drive turning it into an external HDD via USB or eSATA connectivity. Sharkoon has offered up a new docking station today called the QuickPort ...

Sabrent has introduced the USB-DS12, a USB-C to SATA and IDE adapter, designed to facilitate the connection and management of various storage drives. This versatile adapter is compatible with 2.5-inch ...

I recently bought a lacie quadra 2TB drive to use for video editing. When I first connected it as eSATA it wouldn't recognize the drive, so I connected as firewire and realized I needed to run a ...

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I'm not much of an expert, but here's my knowledge on the subject.<BR><BR>IDE is the interface you're familiar with, ribbon cables and everything. It's a Parallel ATA system, hence PATA. It's growing ...

In this great hardware industry, it’s not uncommon to see standards upgraded time and time again. DDR1 to DDR2, ISA to PCI to AGP to PCI-E, Socket 7 to Socket 775, et cetera. This means constant ...

No magic here, just a CS8818 USB 2.0-to-IDE bridge and a power supply. The SATA-to-eSATA interface doesn't require any bridging, although it does need power for the drive. This makes the SATA-to-eSATA ...