IDE to Sata Adapter - Modded

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Model JP103-5 RXD-629A7-7 VER:M03E DIY Mod Kit - Caps, Resistors & Foam

Modded For Faster Transfer Speeds & Reliability

Solder - These adapters generally come in to the shop very poorly assembled (soldered). The adapters available in this listing have been extensively inspected, cleaned up, and tested. All poor through-hole solder points and SMD components have been reflowed to ensure an accurate and quality connection.

Resistors - The two older models, JP103-5 and RXD-629A7-7, used to have these 2 resistors (@ R4 and RH1) on them but for some reason the manufacturers stopped putting them on when they switched to the current version. These new VER:M03E adapters have been modified and configured to the same component configuration as the old ones were, with the proper value resistors and caps in place. Without these resistors (as it comes new) the VER:M03E will only max out at UDMA 5 (100 MB/s) but with these 2 resistors added it will stably run UDMA 6 (133 MB/s). Adding these resistors also cuts the initial boot time by around half.

Capacitors - The 2 capacitors that are on them when they're new are very cheap and poor quality caps. The original caps have been removed and replaced with high quality polymer capacitors. This creates better stability in its power with this mod for better reliability. These caps are available separately if you have one of these adapters of your own that you would like to upgrade.

Isolation Barrier - I've attached a foam rubber backing to isolate the adapter from the housing of the hard drive. Without some kind of separation they can make contact with the hard drive and short the power with possible damage to the hard drive and/or the Xbox's power supply.

Hardware Requirements - No IDE to SATA adapter runs well, if at all, in an OG Xbox without an 80 wire ultra-IDE cable. If it actually does fire up on the original 40 wire cable, that cable will affect its performance and reliability. If you need an 80 wire ultra-IDE cable, don't forget to grab that too!

DIY Mod Kit

The DIY mod kit includes the same parts used when these adapters are modified in-house:

(2) 470µF 25V polymer capacitors for EC1 and EC2
(1) 100Ω 0603 resistor marked 01A for R4
(1) 10kΩ 0603 resistor marked 01C for RH1
(1) foam rubber isolation barrier for the back of the adapter

The factory resistor marked "0" at R5 is removed during the mod. EC1 and EC2 are changed to 470µF 25V polymer capacitors because the caps that come on these adapters are usually low quality aluminum electrolytic caps, and they are known to contribute to failure rates in batches of these adapters. 470µF 25V capacitors are chosen to replace the 220µF 25V capacitors that come on some of these adapters because that is the value that was generally used on the older JP103-5 and RXD-629A7-7 adapter designs and this helps to keep power stable when these resistors are added for this speed class. This mod brings the VER:M03E adapter closer to the older component configuration that worked well, and it also works as a good upgrade for older JP103-5 and RXD-629A7-7 adapters.

IDE (PATA) Compatibility
& Data Transfer Speed

Programmed Input/Output
- PIO 0 - 3.3 MB/s
- PIO 1 - 5.2 MB/s
- PIO 2 - 8.3 MB/s
- PIO 3 - 11.1 MB/s
- PIO 4 - 16.7 MB/s
Single-Word Direct Memory Access
- SWDMA 0 - 2.1 MB/s
- SWDMA 1 - 4.2 MB/s
- SWDMA 2 - 8.3 MB/s
Multi-Word Direct Memory Access
- MWDMA 0 - 4.16 MB/s
- MWDMA 1 - 13.3 MB/s
- MWDMA 2 - 16.7 MB/s
Ultra Direct Memory Access
- UDMA 0 - 16.7 MB/s
- UDMA 1 - 25 MB/s
- UDMA 2 - 33.3MB/s
- UDMA 3 - 44.4 MB/s
- UDMA 4 - 66 MB/s
- UDMA 5 - 100 MB/s
- UDMA 6 - 133 MB/s