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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.”
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.
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.