Addonics includes loose pin power connector with SATA/IDE converter

Addonics sells a SATA-IDE converter

which is pictured at
http://www.addonics.com/products/io/...dsaide_web.gif

and they nicely include a 4 pin Y power connector.

I couldn't get the power connectors to plug in because the pins were
bent, and they nicely sent me a replacement.

But the replacement had the same problem, and I figured out the reason
is actually that the wires in the connector are loose and wiggle easily
out of alignment.

Here's a picture of the male connector,
http://www.fluxsoft.com/images/male.jpg and the female,
http://www.fluxsoft.com/images/female.jpg

Previously flux <> wrote:
> Addonics sells a SATA-IDE converter

> which is pictured at
> http://www.addonics.com/products/io/...dsaide_web.gif

> and they nicely include a 4 pin Y power connector.

> I couldn't get the power connectors to plug in because the pins were
> bent, and they nicely sent me a replacement.

> But the replacement had the same problem, and I figured out the reason
> is actually that the wires in the connector are loose and wiggle easily
> out of alignment.

A known problem. Don't use too much force on these connectors.
Some of them will need several tries and some wiggeling to
connect together. It is better if one is on a PCB.

Unfortunately cheap connectors were selectes when the original
defision was made.

Arno


> Here's a picture of the male connector,
> http://www.fluxsoft.com/images/male.jpg and the female,
> http://www.fluxsoft.com/images/female.jpg

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