I can't say I understand your goal, but, if you can find one of these floating around maybe it could help? Though it's as if they've sanitized the internet of not only these devices but the images of them (except for the obnoxious idiots at pinterest) along with an old HDDguru thread with a mediocre (steep angle) image I've also uploaded Anyway, I wish you luck in finding your solution. But in the interim, I'd suggest that you elaborate in detail your idea are for said adapter, as members here are very smart, and can probably help you find [a] solution, if not the exact one you're imagining.


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It was just a thought that crossed my mind for some reason someone came up with something new. I now know with a little more knowledge that this does not solve any problems! BUT there was a clip on youtube where a recovery company had an adapter that they pressed directly into the disk USB micro B connector probably to provide power, then they soldered wires from the adapter to the SATA (for data) solder points on the PCB board. That is, USB to SATA on e.g. WD Passport disks.

Did you review the pictures in my previous post?
It pretty much does what you're saying, right?
But I think bypassing the chip poses a problem:
IIRC, you'll then need another PCB to decrypt it.