Ximimark 2Pcs Compact Flash CF Card to 3.5 Female 40 Pin IDE Hard Drive Bootable Adapter Converter Module
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Features
- The CF-IDE adapter converts the CF card into a 2.5" or 3.5" IDE bus and converts the CF card into an IDE hard drive. It has the characteristics of low power consumption, no noise, and is not easy to damage.
- Standard IDE interface, true IDE mode, support for DMA and Ultra DMA mode (CF card must have some functions), the maximum transfer rate can reach 40MB/sec.
- Can be used for Linux-based set-top boxes, routers, firewalls, diskless network clients, industrial PCs, etc.
- Complies with CF Type I, Type II, and Micro-drive 40-way (2.54mm) standards.
- System requirements: PC or Mac with an IDE connector; MS Windows, Mac OS, Linux operating system.
Description
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Compatible Devices: PC
Connector Type: IDE
Color: black
Brand: Ximimark
Item Weight: 0.03 Kilograms
Compatible Devices: PC
Connector Type: IDE
Number of Ports: 1
Input Voltage: 5 Volts
Power Plug Type: No Plug
Color: black
Item Weight: 0.03 Kilograms
Package Quantity: 1
Number of Items: 2
Brand: Ximimark
Model Number: LY215
UPC: 657835639853
Manufacturer: Ximimark
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Top Amazon Reviews
A basic but still pretty cool product, this allows you to replace an IDE hard drive with a Compact Flash (CF) card, which essentially gives you an SSD, but given the speed limitations of IDE. I purchased a pair of these to use in retro computers (16/32 bit systems) to replacing aging IDE hard drives. They work great, they're fast, quiet, and cool running. If you're looking at this product already, you probably already know you want this. But... Before you buy this version, take note, this has a FEMALE connector, which means, you'll be plugging it in to a MALE connector to use it. You'll find male connectors on your motherboards or expansion cards. If you're using this internally on a retro system it might not fit sticking straight out of the male socket like this. You'll probably want to put it on the end of a cable and mount it somewhere else (liker a drive bay) - this is where you'll run in to a problem. An IDE cable has FEMALE connectors on both ends, so you'll plug in to your MALE motherboard socket and then you'll have a female adapter and a female cable that won't connect together. If you intend to mount your IDE to CF adapter away from your motherboard then you'll need the version with the male pinned connector. I use both in different systems.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2023 by Tim G.
Nice solution for older motherboards that require IDE disks. It works well for booting ms-dos from CF. Update: Same as what others have said: the LEDs are installed backwards. So expect to use the soldering iron if you care about the LED indicators. Still 5-stars in my opinion.
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2025 by D. Patrick
I have received 3 of these adapters with the 40-pin connectors soldered upside down. I returned the first one and they shipped me 2 more...ALL WRONG. The first one killed the IDE adapter on my computer. Please look at the 2 images I attached. The connector "key" should be on the bottom...NOT on the top. Overall, these IDE-CF card adapters are poorly made with some of the worst soldering I have ever seen. I suppose you could file off the "key" and install upside down to correct for the 40-pin connector being installed wrong.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2022 by Happy Feet
I wanted this for boot disk for a 90’s retro pc. I installed directly onto the motherboard pins and it was tightly held. The motherboard bios auto detected the drive as LBA, but after a few failed attempts to install dos 6.22 and make it boot from the drive, I did the following: in the bios i set the drive as PIO type 3, in the drive detect table I set it as Type Auto and Normal. On boot the bios listed the drive as “sandisk xxx”. Now the bios recognizes the drive it is ok to start an os install. For dos 6.22, boot from dos floppy disk in A: , f3 to exit the install. Type “fdisk /mbr” then just “fdisk” to make an active partition, then restart the installation - this was to wipe previous format attempts. Reboot and Get the dos setup to format the C: drive At least it worked for me booting to dos prompt after this. Now install Quake.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2021 by MATTHEW
I've read the bad reviews. I have bought several of these. For $8 - you can't be hurt, out of 10 - one was bad. I used these in older PCs to replace the old mechanical spindle disks. Generally Pentium or newer. I have used them in some older PCs as well, but you generally have to manually figure out the parameters. Whereas in Pentium and newer PCs - the auto-discovery has had no problems seeing them. I use an old copy of EZDrive to duplicate the disks, but other programs work fine as well. And, these work fine with just plain DOS - fdisk, format, etc. Very pleased. And with the removable Compact Flash(CF) card - you can do some neat things.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2024 by James Hevener
Unit works but the LED's Were Installed backwards. Soldering was poor and had a few solder bridges. Quick work to solve but should not have to.
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2025 by Steven L. Rhine
Initially thought would need a gender changer, but turns out it will fit straight onto board and save space from excess IDE cable clutter
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2025 by Sean M.
I used this to successfully replace the hard drive in a BR1600CD recorder with a 128GB microSD card which I installed into a DIGIGEAR SLIM CF ADAPTER (also bought on Amazon). The connector on this device is female, so you will need a male to female IDE cable to connect it to the recorder, and you'll need a power cord that has a floppy drive power connector. I tried another device to do this without success, but this one work. Keep in mind the br1600 will format the SD card into two 80GB partitions, leaving the extra space on the card unused semicolons that's just the design of the BR1600. but this does work for this in case anyone else was wondering about trying it out. I fit the completed assembly into a static bag oh, and just mounted it in the hard drive space.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2020 by R. Franklin.