Re: USB connected HDs
- From: "Jeff" <jeff@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:34:00 -0500
I am pretty sure that the problem is with my HD jumper settings, because
when I connect the HDs as described I even get a popup in my XP PC saying
"found new hardware". It is just that the attached drive does not appear in
My Computer and I therefore have no way to access it and work with it.
So, if I understand you correctly the setting for "single" would be by
removing the jumper I now have set on MA or SL and leaving it with none of
the 3 choices jumpered.
These are old drives and I do not really want to use them. I just want to
be able to connect them to one of my present PCs so I can wipe them clean
before safely junking them and clearing them off my shelves.
Thanks for the help.
Jeff
Jonny wrote:
Check the manufacturer's label on the ide hard drive(s). If Western
Digital, only maker with other than the typical 3 settings,
MA/SL/CSEL. In that case, there should be master-single/alone jumper
setting by removing the jumpers.
What adapter cable? Should be a standard cable internal to the
enclosure for ide connectivity, and a standard power cable. And, a
standard USB cable external to the enclosure to connect to the USB
port. The "adaption" is made by the enclosure's bios/translation
chip.
Thanks for the ideas. I'll try that.
Do you know if there is a website that shows typical jumper settings.
Most of my drives have 3 jumper settings: MA, SL, and CS. I'm
guessing MA means master and SL means slave. But maybe SL means
single? Needless to say, I no longer have the paperwork that came
with these old HDs. I also thought maybe the adapter is defective and I
should return it
for another.
Jeff
"Uwe Sieber" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Some thoughts...
Move the master jumper back and forth a bit, sometimes they have
contatct problems...
Some drives have an additional setting called 'single drive' which
is then the right one of an USB adaptor.
Check in the device manager if there is an unknown USB device.
Delete it and then reattach the adaptor.
Uwe
Jeff wrote:
I purchased a Sata/IDE to USB Adapter to work with 6 old IDE hard
drives I accumulated from other PCs over the years. I connected
the included external power adapter to the HD and the USB adapter
to the USB 2 ports on a PC running XP SP2.
These PC USB ports work perfectly with other backup external HDs I
own and with USB flash drives. But: I cannot get my old HDs to
show up on the PCs using the
adapter cable.
I tried this with 2 different PCs, both running XP SP2 and had the
same problem with ALL my old IDE hardrives (set with jumper as
"MA") using the adapter, so I do not think it is a case of the HDs
being bad or the PCs and their USB ports being
bad.
What happens in all cases is:
1) the lights light up on the adapter showing it to be connected.
2) the icon showing that a USB device is connected shows on the
Windows taskbar, and when hovered on says there is a storage drive
connected. BUT,
a) no drive shows up in "My Computer", even on repeated refresh.
b) Computer management / Disk Management / does not reveal the
presence of
the USB adapter connected HD
c) Device Manager shows (under USB controllers) that a storage
device is present and enabled and working correctly.
*Do I have to do anything in XP to make My computer show the HDs
attached to the PC with the USB adapter?
Thank you.
Jeff
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