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(More customer reviews)I bought this to replace the hard drive in a fit-PC Slim fit-PC Slim Linux so it would run in silent, no-moving part mode.
Visually the adapter looks like right size, but when compared to the Fujitsu 60GB drive it replaced, it is both thicker (9.5mm vs 9.0 mm) and effectively longer. In my fit-pc the thickness prevented the adapter from sliding in to the space vacated by the hard drive - there is a slot on the right inside cover where the adapter would not fit in. (To make it fit, I had to remove the top black plastic cover.)
Although the actual overall length is the same (100mm), when the cable connector is attached (and I had to bend all of the pins away from the circuit board to get the connector to 'seat'), the connector still sticks out to extend the length of the unit. This is the same connector that allowed to Fujitsu hard drive to fit perfectly. Doubtful another connector would work better as the connector did seat against the black angle pin block. Remember, the fit-pc is very small and its IDE connector is also, so I think Syba just didn't consider this in the size (pin length) and placement (relative to the circuit board) of the angle pin connector block.
So I had to trim off the last 1.5mm of the bottom cover. I tried to just put the circuit board into the fit-pc without any of the black cover, but the circuit board was just a little too free to flop around from side-to-side without it.
However, after all the modifications, the adapter did indeed work with 4GB Sandisk Ultra Compact Flash card SanDisk SDCFH-004G-A11 4GB 30MB/s ULTRA CF Card (US Retail Package). I was able to boot Linux from a USB drive and install to the CF-adapter 'IDE hard drive' and the fit-pc works (quietly!)
So, if you are planning to use this adapter in a space-limited (tight tolerance) location, I'd reconsider the purchase unless you don't mind modifying the adapter (likely voiding the warranty) and likely your connector cable.
I have not tried installing a second CF into the slave slot, but I expect it to work. The slave card installs on the bottom and is flush with the bottom plastic cover (which I left on) so it should fit physically.
Had the adapter fit both in thickness and length (or rather, had the connector fit properly and seated far enough in to not require modification, I would have rated this 5 stars.
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2.5" IDE 44-pin to Dual Compact Flash Adapter. Standard 2.5" IDE storage device form factor (100.2mm x 69.9mm x 9.8mm). LED indicators: Power On, Master and Slave Card Detect, and Disk Activity. Can be a primary bootable device containing the OS and applications (depends on CF card specifications). Transparent to operating system and does not require any drivers. Supports Microsoft Windows 2000, XP 32/64-bit, Server 2003 32/64-bit, Vista 32/64-bit, Server 2008 32/64-bit and Linux operating systems. Power supply via IDE interface (44-pin SFF IDE connector, +5V). IDE Interface: 44-pin SFF (Small Form Factor) IDE connector. Supports Ultra-DMA IDE Interface. Does not support hot swap on the IDE interface. CF Interface: 2 CF card slots (Master/Slave) supporting CF Type I form factor. Supports PIO mode, DMA and Ultra-DMA mode with data transfer rate up to 150M Byte/sec (depends on CF card speed). Does not support hot swap on CF interface
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