[mythtv-users] laptop to ide adapters
Rich West
Rich.West at wesmo.com
Mon Apr 23 18:48:13 UTC 2007
David Brodbeck wrote:
> Steve Hodge wrote:
>
>> 2.5" to 3.5" adapters are purely passive - there are no electronic
>> components involved. So the only way they can fail is if there is a
>> break in a wire somewhere.
>>
>
> I once managed to ruin one when I mistook an activity light header for a
> master/slave jumper header. Burned a trace right off the circuit board. ;)
>
> BTW, this is also true of IDE-to-CF adapters. Completely passive.
This thing is a completely exposed circuit board. I just bought
(on-line, so I have to wait) two adapters for very little $$, and those
are contained entirely within a plastic housing. Hopefully, they will
do the trick. I won't know until I get them, though..
And, yeah.. I figured they were passive. If you looked at this board,
you could see the wire traces going straight from one pin on one end to
a corresponding pin on the other.
-Rich
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