| Walt Mankowski on 20 Dec 2009 18:59:39 -0800 |
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On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 01:18:46PM -0500, Gordon Dexter wrote: > Walt Mankowski wrote: > >On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 09:50:11PM -0500, Casey Bralla wrote: > >>Laptop drives have 50 pins and a slightly different connector > >>scheme. You can buy an adapter connector for a couple of bucks > >>to make them work. You can't just plug them in to a normal > >>40-pin IDE connector and let the extra pins dangle. The larger > >>connector also supplied power to the drive. > > > >Well, it's getting power from somewhere with just 44 pins, since I can > >hear it spin up and click while the USB cable's connected, and spin > >down when I unplug it. That's good to know, though. Thanks. > > If you're using a USB cable then in all likelihood it's the right > kind. Does it look something like this: > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812232002 No, I just have a simple 2.5" drive enclosure. It's this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817707116 That's got a 44-pin female plug on it. There's no need for a 40-pin plug, since it's got a USB connector that you can plug directly into an available slot. It doesn't need any external power either, since it can get that via the USB cable. It's really just a 44-pin connector on one side, and a USB port and blinkenlight on the other. Oh, and a flimsy aluminum case you can put around the drive. > That kind of cable has one side for 3.5" drives and one side for > 2.5" (laptop) drives. I've used mine before and there are always 4 > pins on one side that it doesn't touch, but works just fine. The > label on my old Hitachi indicates that yes, those pins are for > master/slave jumpering, and without a jumper it is set to master.. Thanks. I stopped by the Apple Store today and confirmed that with one of their "geniuses". > Honestly if you've tried the freezer trick and that didn't work then > I doubt anything else will, short of professional data recovery > services. You could try replacing the circuit board, but given the > clicking sound the disk probably had a head crash or something like > that; I doubt you'll ever get a bit of data off of it. Just be glad > you had most of it backed up, and chalk the rest up to bad luck. > Sorry... Yeah. :( It sure would be nice if Linux would at least create a device when I plug it in, though... Walt Attachment:
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