(SATA to IDE Adapter For PC-3000 HDD Data Repair Recovery)
http://www.microsatacables.com/sata-to- ... -recovery/
I followed this guys shopping list at GBAtemp for the mod.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/fat-ps2-sat ... up.387164/
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-PC-3000 Data Recovery SATA HDD to IDE Adapter (remove side clips)
-Molex Power Adapter Y Splitter Cable (1 Male plug & 2 Female plugs)
-Molex to SATA Power Adapter Cable
-SATA Data Cable
Though add to the above list a pair of "80 Pin Angle Female header Strips" that are cut in half (as shown in the video below).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMe6otbsOEY
These are needed to elevate the adapter above the ground; otherwise, the adapter scrapes up against the bottom of the drive bay and makes screwing on the NA adapter difficult.
Once assembled, everything runs great! I'm using a 2.5 1terabyte drive (SAMSUNG ST1000LM024). NOTE: you can only use 2.5 drives, 3.5 doesn't allow enough space for the SATA to IDE adapter.
Side note: What I was previously using before was a SABRENT SBT-STDB adapter, plugged in via a male to female IDE extension cable. What I didn't know before buying these parts is that I got a 40-conductor IDE cable, which is only capable of UDMA2 (33mg/s). This is an issue, since the PS2 attempts to read the drive at UDMA4 (66mg/s) and the cable can't handle it. Unfortunately, they don't make 80-conductor IDE extension cables...for whatever reason. Also, IDE Gender Changer pin connectors don't work on the PS2 (it divides the cable signal too much for the fickle PS2 to read), so you can't take a vanilla 80-conductor cable and convert it to an extension (which I know from experience).
So the above mod was needed.
Less I need to set every game I own to UDMA2 in Open PS2 Loaders settings...and deal with load times being 3 times longer then the max.