Reddit mentions of SATA to PATA/IDE Hard Drive Interface Adapter

ide to SATA adapter works 100%

Here's what I bought through Amazon (prices seem to have gone up by a few dollars).

IDE/SATA adapter:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B008X8NK0I/ref=yo_ii_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Seagate HDD 2Tb:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01IEKG402/ref=yo_ii_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1

80 wire IDE ribbon cable:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000067SNX/ref=yo_ii_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I actually use Cxboxtool(iirc that's the name) which extracts ISOs and builds a folder for each ISO, then I FTP them to my Xbox using the same program. You can also use an app in a softmodded/TSOPd Xbox to rip your own ISOs.

Get a SATA to IDE adapter and a 80 wire pin ide cable.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008X8NK0I/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000067SNX/

Then follow this guide: http://www.xbmc4xbox.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=2040

You may need one of these too: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001PI9AAC/

If you have a countdown in Chimp you are not using the latest version. Chimp 261812 prompts you when to swap the DVD to new HDD connection then press (A) when the swap is complete.

Which IDE-to-SATA adapter? Not all work for cloning. The adapter has to have a MASTER/SLAVE jumper set to SLAVE for cloning to work.

The KingWin ADP-06 is one such adapter that DOES NOT WORK for cloning. It works okay with the Xbox once configure and locked with XboxHDM on a PC but not cloning on the Xbox with Chimp. The reason -- the KingWin adapter has no MASTER/SLAVE jumper. The attached HDD is always set as a MASTER device on the IDE bus. Two masters don't work. Chimp requires a MASTER (source) and SLAVE (destination) drive for cloning.

A few adapters known to work with Chimp 261812 for drive cloning (prices vary):

• StarTech IDE2SAT or the new adapter that replaced it the IDE2SAT2 ($18-25) www.startech.com [de, fr, es, it, nl, pt].startech.com. Sold on Amazon too.
  
• DeLock 61702 (w/o VAT EUR ~22.99) [www.delock.de]
  (http://www.delock.de/produkte/S_61702/merkmale.html?setLanguage=en) Sold on Amazon.de EUR 24,60.
  
• HDE IDE/EIDE/PATA Computer to SATA Hard Drive Interface Adapter for PC and Mac (single ~$9.99, 2-pack ~$12.99) www.amazon.com Recent poor QA noted by several buyers.

Nah, this one: https://smile.amazon.com/HDE-Computer-Drive-Interface-Adapter/dp/B008X8NK0I/

You can buy a SATA to PATA adapter and adapt a regular SATA SSD. I have one of these and it works.

I have this one https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008X8NK0I/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1 . I know this one works too, or at least with one of my older computers, and I do have it set to slave

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So, this was my dream machine I built back in the day. I had it sprayed at an autobody place and went crazy with blue LEDs. It has the 10GB harddrive and the better DVDrom drive (the one that can read CDrs too). I found it in my mom's basement recently after my girlfriend and I bought our own house and I figured it was time to get my old stuff out. I forgot how much work I put into this thing, but all is not right. I have taken it apart and desoldered the clock capacitor but it used to have a X2.6 mod chip that no longer functions. I think the front panel got ripped off. Also it looks like the X2.6 needs a trace resoldered.

Unfortunately I recently was hit with 2nd and 3rd degree burns to my dominant hand and I'm not sure how well I can solder anymore. I think I can fix the X2.6 but the wiring from the X2.6 to the front bank selector might be out of my skill set now.

I have also lost all my games (including mech assault and action replay I used on my friends xboxes).

I have ordered a Pound HDMI adapter and a IDE->SATA adapter

The only piece I can not find is the cable from the x2.6 to the front bank selector so I am stuck with the only disk that was left in the machine, Halo 2. I would love to upgrade the disk and put backups on it. I am not trying to pirate as I weirdly have all the game boxes just lost the CD holder that contained the actual disks!

Any help would be much appreciated. Should I buy a new IDE drive or use one of the many SATA HDD / SSDs I have laying around. I don't have a ton of money but it would be cool to get this up in running and have all three generations working in my new entertainment center!

Thanks!

So far, I've been using the stock cable in my setup. With one of these adapters
https://www.amazon.ca/HDE-SATA-Drive-Interface-Adapter/dp/B008X8NK0I

I am using one of those green boards I bought on amazon pata to sata

https://www.amazon.com/HDE-Computer-Drive-Interface-Adapter/dp/B008X8NK0I

the model of my hard drive is

WD20EZRZ-00Z5HB0

I am unsure of my bios, I have the latest version of hexen but I can look if it is necessary

I have tried a 250gb IDE drive with the 80 cable and it worked like a charm

the 2tb does indeed work on my laptop with sata to usb

I am not sure why I can't get it to boot. I also have 4 xboxes hard modded now, 3 are TSOP and one is a mod chip

Well I figured I would check in and post my results for the next guy/gal that comes along googling for a solution while this is all still fresh in my mind. After changing to the SATA to IDE adapter suggested by mikeaton, all of my problems went 'poof'. I must conclude that the Kingwin adapters I originally tried are indeed junk, and I am sure I won't be the last to try these since there is a tutorial out there that is front and center on Google that touts these drives as ones that work (it's why I ordered them originally).

So to summarize: buy this exact one:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008X8NK0I/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_t0GCzbVHBCMHM

Then buy one of these:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000511TN/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Make sure you also have a SATA drive and a molex splitter to power both drives at once

Once you have those, install the new Ribbon cable (to make these work, you will have to install the cable backwards so the blue end that normally plugs into the motherboard is actually plugged into your Xbox HDD: this is just fine and it totally works). You will also have to get creative about how to fold the cable. Mine is crumpled and looks pretty terrible but it works so I am ok with it.

Take your sweet SATA to IDE Adapter, and change the jumper so it's in Slave mode rather than Master. Install your molex power splitter so you can power both the original HDD and the new one at the same time. Boot up your softmodded Xbox, FTP the latest version of Chimp over to your E drive (it seems to specifically need to be run from the apps folder on your E drive rather than the F drive). Don't forget to push over the linuxboot.cfg file to the root of E as well. Then simply swap the ribbon cable from the DVD drive over to your new drive with the Xbox powered up. If XBMC freezes (or whatever dash you have) it probably means your drive is not in Slave mode and is probably set to Master or Cable Select). If you make the swap and things seem to be unaffected, launch Chimp, choose FATX, and away you go! Once you are done cloning, make sure to lock the slave drive to the motherboard. Shut down the Xbox. Take the new HDD and change the jumper back so that it is master. Remove stock HDD and put the new HDD in it's place. Boot and test.

Boom. Home for dinner.

At this point, I suppose you will still want to create your partitions. I used XBPartitioner1.3 (again, just FTP'd it over and ran it from the apps folder on E) and used that to create an F and G drive that basically split up what was left of the 2 TB's evenly between the two. Just read what you are doing and you should be fine.

Big thanks to those that responded with help: I think it speaks a lot about the people here that I didn't get a ton of flack for asking a question and instead got quick (and useful) advice on how to get around the issues I was having. Thank you so much!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008X8NK0I/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_o7tpzb55FSXNT

Looks a lot like the one I listed from Ebay. I ordered it anyways -- but hopefully it works!

Did you know you can use a SATA SSD in a Cube? With a simple adapter, it works. I am running my Quicksilver G4 tower off a 60GB SATA SSD using a similar adapter to this one and it works great. Just keep good backups because you won't have TRIM support in the OS and will either have to pull it and TRIM it from another computer occasionally, or do a reinstall if it ever starts getting really slow.

https://www.amazon.com/HDE-Interface-Adapter-Bridge-Converter/dp/B008X8NK0I/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1474311096&sr=8-5&keywords=ide+sata+adapter

Are the optical drives in use? It would be convenient for older disc-based games with a cheap adapter. It would be kind of a missed opportunity not to use them.

And you only have to use 1 IDE cable