Review Details

USB 3.0 to PATA and SATA 3.5 and 2.5 inch hard drive adapter

Product Review (submitted on August 6, 2014):

As a previous reviewer mentioned, this adapter will not plug into 3.5" IDE drives with the power and IDE ports situated next to each other. This affects 5% of hard drives and 100% of CD (IDE) drives that I've seen. If you're looking to transfer data from/to an IDE hard drive, you probably won't run into this problem. However, if you're looking to use this adapter with a CD drive, definitely check for the positioning of the power and IDE ports before purchasing.

To me this is a design problem that should never have passed QC--hence the low rating.