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From: Christian F. <Chr...@t-...> - 2009-04-06 16:32:58
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Stefan Nowak wrote: > Please tell me your opinion on my assumption: > If chipset X in product A from producer 1 is supported, then product B > from producer 2, which also uses chipset X, very likely also is > supported. Right? > > Yes. There might be a small risk that this is not true due to vendor specific changes to the firmware of the USB bridge. > DeLOCK 61391 IDE/SATA to USB 2.0 Adapter > > Product: > http://www.delock.de/produkte/suche/Converter_USB_20_zu_SATA_SLASH_IDE_61391.html?setLanguage=EN > Driver: > http://www.delock.de/download/driver/61391/A/202 > Chipset Guess: JMicron JM20338 > ... > JM="JMicron Tech." > USB\VID_152D&PID_2338.DeviceDesc="JMicron SATA-USB Combo Device" > UMSS\DISK.DeviceDesc="USB Mass Storage Device" > > > Sharkoon DriveLink > > Product: > http://www.sharkoon.de/html/produkte/externe_gehaeuse/drive_link/index_en.html > Manual: > http://www.sharkoon.de/html/support/bedienungsanleitungen/pdf/drivelink_manual_english.pdf > Driver: > http://www.sharkoon.de/html/support/treiber/treiber/drivelink_win98_driver.zip > Chipset Guess: JMicron JM20338 > The JM20338 is a USB+SATA->PATA chip. Both products likely have a JMicron JM20337 (USB->PATA+SATA). I presume that this is the same chip with different firmware. > ... > MSFT="JMicron" > MfgName="JMicron" > DeviceDesc="JM20338 SATA, USB Combo" > jmus\DISK.DeviceDesc="USB Mass Storage Device" > AUTORUN="Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" > > > Both products should work with current CVS version of smartmontools on all platforms which support SCSI pass-through (this does not include MacOS X). Auto-detection of these devices should also work on Linux and Windows. If you have any test result for the Wiki, please tell me. Cheers, Christian |