GODSHARK Laptop IDE to Desktop PC Adapter, 2.5 inch 44 Pin HDD Hard Disk Drive or SSD to 40 Pin 3.5 inch PATA Port Converter Card

Works as expected. Nice for retro projects.

Purchased to interface 2.5" PATA laptop drives with old IDE interface. I selected this company's product partly due to having a separate power connector, which some I looked at did not, and for the clean, simple "in-line" design vs others I saw that mounted perpendicular to the drive. I think it is important to have the separate power connector as some older 2.5" drives I have are marked as needing 1.1A which should come straight from the power supply rather than any interface cable. The workmanship of the gender changer is top notch; finding no flaws in the construction. I had no trouble connecting to hd's or to desktop system to transfer files. I appreciated the power and drive activity led's while doing these transfers. The only concern I have is the back side of the gender changer has the clipped pins of the components exposed so best to make sure you sit the drive/gender changer on an insulated surface during use. The 44pin connection was never designed to support or secure a drive so don't expect it to do so! Most of my use will be temporary so this isn't a big problem; but for those that may install and forget you could have trouble. My thoughts were if it had an insulated cover that fit over the backside would eliminate my concerns and make the product near bulletproof. Otherwise, I'm very pleased with the gender changer and have already used several times. I have already ordered another to have on hand in case I lose this one or put a drive into permanent installation.

Plug it in and go. My only wish is that it had a couple of mounting holes as a "just in case" kind of thing.

This gender changer works great with Boss BR recorders. This is required to install a 2.5 in SSD in those old machines.

This adapter has very good build quality, however I did not pay attention to form factor, as the spacing between the IDE and Power plug was too small (non-existent) to work in my enclosure. I would highly recommend this for anyone needing to adapt a 44pin to 40pin IDE, as long as you doublecheck the spacing needed for your application. I will not dock points from the vendor for a mistake I made ordering the wrong thing.