Whatever happened to FireWire?

cameo wrote:
On 4/23/2015 4:21 PM, Joe Morris wrote:
"cameo" wrote:
On 4/23/2015 12:31 PM, philo wrote:

Just take the drive out of the case and install it (temporarily) inside
your computer.

I don't uses desktops anymore. So I can't do it.

Assuming that the drive itself uses a standard IDE connection, for a few
bucks you can buy adapters (without a case) which let you connect a disk
drive (IDE, both 5-1/4 and 3.5" or SATA)to a USB port. I keep one both at
home and at the office; mine are by Bytecc but there are numerous other
brands.

That should work on any computer with decent USB drivers - the only
computer
I've had trouble with was a Surface.

I almost forgot that I had one of those universal drive adapters from
NewTechnology and I tried it out on this drive after I removed it from
the case. It's an 80 GB enhanced IDE drive by Western Digital and the
NewTech kit can be hooked up to it fine. Unfortunately the drive seems
to be dead, because the PC does not detect the drive when I stick in the
USB connector.
I have a sneaky suspicion that the adapter I bought on ebay may have
fried it with possibly bad pin polarity even though it could only be
stuck in one way. It has 4 pins, 2 of them Gnd, and the other two 5V and
12V. One cannot trust those Chinese made aftermarket parts.


Check your IDE drive jumpers.

Some USB to IDE dongles, only support "Master Only" drive jumpering.
My dongle, the dongle itself has a "Master/Slave" jumper on board.
Increasing the number of permutations and combinations.

Check your jumpering and try again.

Also, listen for the noise of a drive spinning.
As proof power is present.

Paul