3.5 IDE (PATA) to CF adapter?

[Loa]

Hello,

Trying to revive an old Cube. After seeing what a cheap CF card can do for a Pismo, I want to put one in my cube.

Alas, all the adapters I can find are for 2.5 IDE drives, which are not pin compatible with the 3.5 IDE drives. When I do find them for 3.5 drives, they're female adapters made for plugging directly into the motherboard. I can't do that with the Cube, so I'm looking for a male 3.5 IDE to CF adapter. Has anyone ever seen/found one?

Oh, and they also have to be "in-line", without the 90* angle found in some of them.

Thanks

Loa

 

[milbournosphere]

Are you looking for something like this?

If so, newegg has this one (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822998002) with OS X support, but it doesn't seem to support hot-swapping.

 

[Loa]

Hello,

No, I'm looking for something that will let me use a CF card as the main drive for the cube. That's what I'm using in the Pismo and that laptop is a lot faster than the cube, even with less RAM.

Loa

 

[ActionableMango]

This?

http://www.addonics.com/products/ad44midecf.php

 

[Loa]

Hello,

Thanks Mango, but that's only for 2.5" IDE. Contrary to SATA, which we're used to, IDE connections are not the same for 2.5 and 3.5 disks.

Loa

 

[milbournosphere]

If at first you don't succeed...

http://www.addonics.com/products/adidecf.php

This should work if you take the PCI bracket off. It's got an inline 40-pin IDE. 'Linux' is listed as a workable OS, so it's not too big of a stretch to think that OS X would be able to handle it.

 

[ActionableMango]

If at first you don't succeed...
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http://www.addonics.com/products/adidecf.php

This should work if you take the PCI bracket off. It's got an inline 40-pin IDE. 'Linux' is listed as a workable OS, so it's not too big of a stretch to think that OS X would be able to handle it.

Good find. There's even a 3.5" drive bay bracket there.

Dammit I lose to milbournosphere!

 

[Loa]

Hello,

Good find indeed. At least I know that they exist. On the other hand, at 30$ + shipping + a decent sized CF card, you end up at the cost of a 40GB 3.5 IDE SSD from OWC. The whole point of those CF card adapters is that they're (supposed to be) cheap.

I bought my 2.5 version for 3$ SHIPPED. Ten times more for the 3.5 version seems completely ridiculous, considering that CF to IDE is nothing but a connexion issue; nothing has to be processed.

I'll keep looking for cheaper alternatives, but I may be forced into getting a SSD...

Loa

 

[MagicBoy]

Can you not use a 2.5" to 3.5" IDE convertor chained off the CF adaptor?

I've got a Belkin one in a drawer somewhere which came with a set of drive rails to allow you to fit a 2.5" laptop drive in a desktop PC.

 

[Loa]

Hello,

Great idea MagicBoy! It should work very well, and as I have an extra 2.5-to-CF lying around, a 4$ adapter to 3.5 should do the trick!

Thanks!

Loa