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PC doesn't recognize 2.5" drives connected with adapter - why not?
I can't get any of my desktop PCs to recognize any of my 2.5-inch
laptop hard drives connected with either of two adapters, and I could use some help figuring what I'm doing wrong. One of the adapters I purchased from NewEgg a few months ago; the other I got from CompUSA last week. They're really simple - the side with holes connects to a laptop drive's pins (and it's keyed so it can't go on the wrong way), the side with pins plugs into an ATA cable (again, it's keyed to make sure it can only be connected one way), and there's a power cable (with pins clearly marked as to which connects to red and which to black) which plugs into a four-pin power connector. There's no way to connect it the wrong way. I did verify that the pins are connected properly. But neither adapter works. I tried a few different laptop drives and a few different PCs, and got the same result each time: the PC hesitates when it tries to see the laptop drive, but it finally gives up without detecting the drive. I tried this with the laptop drive on its own ATA bus, or as a slave drive, or as the only drive in the system. The 2.5" drive doesn't even appear to be spinning up. (But when I put it back in its laptop, it works fine.) I used the BIOS menu to tell the computers to autodetect the ATA drives. I tried leaving the 2.5" drives unjumpered (they should default to master), and I also tried explicitly jumpering them to master or slave. What am I doing wrong? Other people haven't had trouble with this, but nothing I do can get it to work. |
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PC doesn't recognize 2.5" drives connected with adapter - why not?
"Brian Kendig" wrote in message ups.com
I can't get any of my desktop PCs to recognize any of my 2.5-inch laptop hard drives connected with either of two adapters, and I could use some help figuring what I'm doing wrong. One of the adapters I purchased from NewEgg a few months ago; the other I got from CompUSA last week. They're really simple - the side with holes connects to a laptop drive's pins (and it's keyed so it can't go on the wrong way), the side with pins plugs into an ATA cable (again, it's keyed to make sure it can only be connected one way), and there's a power cable (with pins clearly marked as to which connects to red and which to black) which plugs into a four-pin power connector. There's no way to connect it the wrong way. I did verify that the pins are connected properly. But neither adapter works. I tried a few different laptop drives and a few different PCs, and got the same result each time: the PC hesitates when it tries to see the laptop drive, but it finally gives up without detecting the drive. I tried this with the laptop drive on its own ATA bus, or as a slave drive, or as the only drive in the system. The 2.5" drive doesn't even appear to be spinning up. (But when I put it back in its laptop, it works fine.) I used the BIOS menu to tell the computers to autodetect the ATA drives. I tried leaving the 2.5" drives unjumpered (they should default to master), and I also tried explicitly jumpering them to master or slave. What am I doing wrong? Other people haven't had trouble with this, but nothing I do can get it to work. Only one thing comes to mind: could the drive(s) have been setup to not spin on powerup? |
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PC doesn't recognize 2.5" drives connected with adapter - why not?
Brian Kendig wrote
I can't get any of my desktop PCs to recognize any of my 2.5-inch laptop hard drives connected with either of two adapters, and I could use some help figuring what I'm doing wrong. One of the adapters I purchased from NewEgg a few months ago; the other I got from CompUSA last week. They're really simple - the side with holes connects to a laptop drive's pins (and it's keyed so it can't go on the wrong way), the side with pins plugs into an ATA cable (again, it's keyed to make sure it can only be connected one way), and there's a power cable (with pins clearly marked as to which connects to red and which to black) which plugs into a four-pin power connector. There's no way to connect it the wrong way. I did verify that the pins are connected properly. But neither adapter works. I tried a few different laptop drives and a few different PCs, and got the same result each time: the PC hesitates when it tries to see the laptop drive, but it finally gives up without detecting the drive. I tried this with the laptop drive on its own ATA bus, or as a slave drive, or as the only drive in the system. The 2.5" drive doesn't even appear to be spinning up. That's the important bit. You should be able to confirm whether its spinning up or not by putting your hand on it to feel that. (But when I put it back in its laptop, it works fine.) I used the BIOS menu to tell the computers to autodetect the ATA drives. I tried leaving the 2.5" drives unjumpered (they should default to master), and I also tried explicitly jumpering them to master or slave. Try cable select. What am I doing wrong? I'd try another ribbon cable back to the PC. And make sure its actually plugged in at the PC end |-( Other people haven't had trouble with this, Yeah, it should work. but nothing I do can get it to work. |
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PC doesn't recognize 2.5" drives connected with adapter - whynot?
Brian Kendig wrote:
I can't get any of my desktop PCs to recognize any of my 2.5-inch laptop hard drives connected with either of two adapters, and I could use some help figuring what I'm doing wrong. One of the adapters I purchased from NewEgg a few months ago; the other I got from CompUSA last week. They're really simple - the side with holes connects to a laptop drive's pins (and it's keyed so it can't go on the wrong way), the side with pins plugs into an ATA cable (again, it's keyed to make sure it can only be connected one way), and there's a power cable (with pins clearly marked as to which connects to red and which to black) which plugs into a four-pin power connector. There's no way to connect it the wrong way. I did verify that the pins are connected properly. But neither adapter works. I tried a few different laptop drives and a few different PCs, and got the same result each time: the PC hesitates when it tries to see the laptop drive, but it finally gives up without detecting the drive. I tried this with the laptop drive on its own ATA bus, or as a slave drive, or as the only drive in the system. The 2.5" drive doesn't even appear to be spinning up. (But when I put it back in its laptop, it works fine.) I used the BIOS menu to tell the computers to autodetect the ATA drives. I tried leaving the 2.5" drives unjumpered (they should default to master), and I also tried explicitly jumpering them to master or slave. What am I doing wrong? Other people haven't had trouble with this, but nothing I do can get it to work. Hi, The 2.5" adapters that I've used have a small cable that is terminated with a (white) 4-pin Molex connector for power. Did the adapters that you tried not have something like that? I'm only asking because your post seems to indicate that you might have had to connect pins rather than using the connector? Have you been trying with just the same power connector and IDE cable off of the PC, or have you tried using a different 4-pin power connector and IDE cable from your PC? One possible other test: Go get a 2.5" external USB2 enclosure (they're fairly inexpensive), and put one of the 2.5" drives into that, then plug the external enclosure into a USB2 port on your PC and see if the PC can then recognize the drive. Jim |
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PC doesn't recognize 2.5" drives connected with adapter - why not?
ohaya wrote
Brian Kendig wrote I can't get any of my desktop PCs to recognize any of my 2.5-inch laptop hard drives connected with either of two adapters, and I could use some help figuring what I'm doing wrong. One of the adapters I purchased from NewEgg a few months ago; the other I got from CompUSA last week. They're really simple - the side with holes connects to a laptop drive's pins (and it's keyed so it can't go on the wrong way), the side with pins plugs into an ATA cable (again, it's keyed to make sure it can only be connected one way), and there's a power cable (with pins clearly marked as to which connects to red and which to black) which plugs into a four-pin power connector. ************************************************** ************************************* There's no way to connect it the wrong way. I did verify that the pins are connected properly. But neither adapter works. I tried a few different laptop drives and a few different PCs, and got the same result each time: the PC hesitates when it tries to see the laptop drive, but it finally gives up without detecting the drive. I tried this with the laptop drive on its own ATA bus, or as a slave drive, or as the only drive in the system. The 2.5" drive doesn't even appear to be spinning up. (But when I put it back in its laptop, it works fine.) I used the BIOS menu to tell the computers to autodetect the ATA drives. I tried leaving the 2.5" drives unjumpered (they should default to master), and I also tried explicitly jumpering them to master or slave. What am I doing wrong? Other people haven't had trouble with this, but nothing I do can get it to work. The 2.5" adapters that I've used have a small cable that is terminated with a (white) 4-pin Molex connector for power. Did the adapters that you tried not have something like that? He clearly said that it does. I'm only asking because your post seems to indicate that you might have had to connect pins rather than using the connector? Have you been trying with just the same power connector and IDE cable off of the PC, or have you tried using a different 4-pin power connector and IDE cable from your PC? One possible other test: Go get a 2.5" external USB2 enclosure (they're fairly inexpensive), and put one of the 2.5" drives into that, then plug the external enclosure into a USB2 port on your PC and see if the PC can then recognize the drive. You can also get just the cabling etc, no actual housing. Usually a single connector block which has a 2.5" connector on one side, a 3.5" connector on the other. |
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PC doesn't recognize 2.5" drives connected with adapter - whynot?
Rod,
Comments interspersed below... The 2.5" adapters that I've used have a small cable that is terminated with a (white) 4-pin Molex connector for power. Did the adapters that you tried not have something like that? He clearly said that it does. You're probably correct, but the OP said "a power cable (with pins clearly marked as to which connects to red and which to black)" which I thought might mean that the adapters that he tried just had two wires with pins on the end, so I thought that I'd just check... I'm only asking because your post seems to indicate that you might have had to connect pins rather than using the connector? Have you been trying with just the same power connector and IDE cable off of the PC, or have you tried using a different 4-pin power connector and IDE cable from your PC? One possible other test: Go get a 2.5" external USB2 enclosure (they're fairly inexpensive), and put one of the 2.5" drives into that, then plug the external enclosure into a USB2 port on your PC and see if the PC can then recognize the drive. You can also get just the cabling etc, no actual housing. Usually a single connector block which has a 2.5" connector on one side, a 3.5" connector on the other. I think that what you're describing is the "wadapter(s)" that the OP was talking about in the original post... Jim |
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PC doesn't recognize 2.5" drives connected with adapter - why not?
ohaya wrote:
Rod, Comments interspersed below... The 2.5" adapters that I've used have a small cable that is terminated with a (white) 4-pin Molex connector for power. Did the adapters that you tried not have something like that? He clearly said that it does. You're probably correct, but the OP said "a power cable (with pins clearly marked as to which connects to red and which to black)" which I thought might mean that the adapters that he tried just had two wires with pins on the end, so I thought that I'd just check... I'm only asking because your post seems to indicate that you might have had to connect pins rather than using the connector? Have you been trying with just the same power connector and IDE cable off of the PC, or have you tried using a different 4-pin power connector and IDE cable from your PC? One possible other test: Go get a 2.5" external USB2 enclosure (they're fairly inexpensive), and put one of the 2.5" drives into that, then plug the external enclosure into a USB2 port on your PC and see if the PC can then recognize the drive. You can also get just the cabling etc, no actual housing. Usually a single connector block which has a 2.5" connector on one side, a 3.5" connector on the other. I think that what you're describing is the "wadapter(s)" that the OP was talking about in the original post... Nope. He's clearly talking about the entirely passive adapters which just allow connection to the extra pins on the 2.5" drive that carry the power and which feed the others straight thru. The ones I was talking about do an IDE/USB conversion and have to have a bridge in what the drive plugs into. |
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PC doesn't recognize 2.5" drives connected with adapter - whynot?
Brian Kendig wrote:
I can't get any of my desktop PCs to recognize any of my 2.5-inch laptop hard drives connected with either of two adapters, and I could use some help figuring what I'm doing wrong. One of the adapters I purchased from NewEgg a few months ago; the other I got from CompUSA last week. They're really simple - the side with holes connects to a laptop drive's pins (and it's keyed so it can't go on the wrong way), the side with pins plugs into an ATA cable (again, it's keyed to make sure it can only be connected one way), and there's a power cable (with pins clearly marked as to which connects to red and which to black) which plugs into a four-pin power connector. There's no way to connect it the wrong way. I did verify that the pins are connected properly. But neither adapter works. I tried a few different laptop drives and a few different PCs, and got the same result each time: the PC hesitates when it tries to see the laptop drive, but it finally gives up without detecting the drive. I tried this with the laptop drive on its own ATA bus, or as a slave drive, or as the only drive in the system. The 2.5" drive doesn't even appear to be spinning up. (But when I put it back in its laptop, it works fine.) I used the BIOS menu to tell the computers to autodetect the ATA drives. I tried leaving the 2.5" drives unjumpered (they should default to master), and I also tried explicitly jumpering them to master or slave. What am I doing wrong? Other people haven't had trouble with this, but nothing I do can get it to work. I have two of these adapters. The older one works flawlessly anywhere I stick it. The newer one came with a USB/IDE converter. It works sometimes on some computers, but mostly doesn't work at all. Says HX-IDE-K in big letters. It's nothin' but interconnect and I've been over it with a Continuity Tester. Haven't had the motivation to figure out why it doesn't work. Post what you conclude. Thanks, mike |
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