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Today I got 2 IDE adapters. One doesn't fit together with Molex, another is an aspiring fire starter. (i.ibb.co)
submitted 1 week ago by user224@lemmy.sdf.org to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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The top image is obvious.
In the bottom one, sharp leads from the 12V+5V power connector end up getting pressed against metal, only being separated by a thin piece of foam tape (so someone did recognize the issue, huh?).

I thought of ordering it together with an IDE extender, but "nah, I won't need it."

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[–] DrMartinu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm not complaining, I just don't think I've ever seen an IDE to USB adapter used to attach an...IDE CD-ROM? What's going on here?

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

IDE CD-ROM

Yeah. I have 2, so I want to use them. The dangerous thingy is an IDE to SATA adapter. If I manage to find DVD-RW drive with front audio and a play button, I'd like to use that in an external 5.25" drive enclosure I have.
The goal: External DVD drive that can also work as a simple standalone CD player.

All I have now is 2 CD-RW drives like that.
And one of them (BENQ 4816A) doesn't seem to work with Linux for some reason.
Sample from dmesg:

[303803.821623] usb 1-4: new high-speed USB device number 62 using xhci_hcd
[303803.953712] usb 1-4: New USB device found, idVendor=152d, idProduct=2338, bcdDevice= 1.00
[303803.953735] usb 1-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=5
[303803.953745] usb 1-4: Product: USB to ATA/ATAPI bridge
[303803.953752] usb 1-4: Manufacturer: JMicron
[303803.953758] usb 1-4: SerialNumber: 622222222222
[303803.956959] usb-storage 1-4:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[303803.957727] scsi host0: usb-storage 1-4:1.0
[303804.972734] scsi 0:0:0:0: CD-ROM            ATAPI    CD-R/RW 48X16    9.GH PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
[303809.784518] sr 0:0:0:0: [sr0] scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[303818.737158] usb 1-4: reset high-speed USB device number 62 using xhci_hcd
[303826.573935] usb 1-4: reset high-speed USB device number 62 using xhci_hcd
[303838.238333] sr 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[303838.238795] sr 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 5
[303845.622418] usb 1-4: reset high-speed USB device number 62 using xhci_hcd
[303918.801647] usb 1-4: reset high-speed USB device number 62 using xhci_hcd
[303936.512741] usb 1-4: reset high-speed USB device number 62 using xhci_hcd
[303941.673166] usb 1-4: reset high-speed USB device number 62 using xhci_hcd
[303950.281142] sr 0:0:0:0: [sr0] tag#0 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_OK cmd_age=1s
[303950.281164] sr 0:0:0:0: [sr0] tag#0 Sense Key : Illegal Request [current] 
[303950.281176] sr 0:0:0:0: [sr0] tag#0 Add. Sense: Illegal mode for this track
[303950.281186] sr 0:0:0:0: [sr0] tag#0 CDB: Read(10) 28 00 00 05 5d ec 00 00 02 00
[303950.281192] blk_print_req_error: 80 callbacks suppressed
[303950.281198] I/O error, dev sr0, sector 1406896 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x80700 phys_seg 1 prio class 2
[303950.555155] sr 0:0:0:0: [sr0] tag#0 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_OK cmd_age=0s
[303950.555173] sr 0:0:0:0: [sr0] tag#0 Sense Key : Illegal Request [current] 
[303950.555183] sr 0:0:0:0: [sr0] tag#0 Add. Sense: Illegal mode for this track
[303950.555192] sr 0:0:0:0: [sr0] tag#0 CDB: Read(10) 28 00 00 05 5d ec 00 00 02 00
[303950.555197] I/O error, dev sr0, sector 1406896 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 2 prio class 2
[303950.555215] buffer_io_error: 72 callbacks suppressed
[303950.555220] Buffer I/O error on dev sr0, logical block 351724, async page read
[303950.555232] Buffer I/O error on dev sr0, logical block 351725, async page read

Just keeps resetting, eventually spams a lot of errors, then goes on to start resetting again.

VLC manages to use it for audio playback. Sort of. It can load CD info, play a track, and skip within the track. But when trying to play a different track, it again resets the drive, so it has to load the disc again, causing ~15 second gaps between tracks.

Both digital (on PC) and analog (on drive) audio playback worked just fine on Windows 2000 after passing the USB to VirtualBox.

[–] DrMartinu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I knew there had to be a reason. I was not expecting the headphone jack, thats awesome. Guess that really was the first thing to lose them before cellphones?

Did you check the cable select dip switch on the one acting up? I think sometimes these USB adapters have a preference. Otherwise you might get squirrely with some canned air, theres like 25 years worth of dust in there.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I guess it should just be set to master since it's the only drive, but I tried all 3.
I just tried to use it to make a copy of CD, all seems fine. Maybe it can't handle the maximum read speed, but meh, it seems to work hardware-wise.
Software-wise, Windows-only.