by stu » Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:18 pm
Last week I picked up a mobile rack enclosure the same as Aerodrink got back at the start of this thread for quite a cheap price and ordered a bi-directional sata-ide adapter for ?3.50 off ebay. The adapter arrived yesterday, so today I had a go at installing it my ultra to see if I would have any more luck than Aerodrink did. The result is that I am able to see the drive and browse it without it going to sleep, and I can format it, but it is very flaky if I try to read or write the drive. I did manage to backup a few banks the first go, but each time it fails before the end.
So, I can confirm that ide-sata is a dead-end for ultras. Fortunately, I can use the caddy to move files between my various pcs, and it was especially useful for backing up the data from the missus's laptop, so I could finally reformat it for her!
Additionally, I invested in one of the scsi pcmcia card readers that were on ebay uk recently as a backup plan, so I will be putting that in instead when it arrives.