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New Zealand, Wellington
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Review on πŸ”Œ High-performance Compact Flash CF to 3.5 Female 40 Pin IDE Bootable Adapter - Streamline Data Transfer & Enhanced Compatibility by Justin Coatsworth

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Works but has some annoying issues

So first let me say that this product actually works. I use it as an IDE adapter for the CPM computer kit. The board adapts perfectly to my 2GB CF card, but a few things went wrong. When I connected everything for the first time, nothing happened. The hard drive activity lights on both the card and my hard drive expansion card stayed lit and the computer could not access the CF card. Examining the board, I noticed that the two pins on the master/slave select jumper were unsoldered. One of the photos I uploaded had the wrong pins circled, the pins were corrected just before I took the picture. While this wasn't a big deal for me since I have a pretty decent soldering iron, most other people don't have the tools or experience to deal with this type of problem.

Pros
  • Memory card adapter
Cons
  • Nothing