[ltp] any successes with 2.5 inch laptop-IDE-drive USB enclosures?

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:12:39 -0400

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I raised this thread 16 months ago so maybe not too useful any more=2C but =
I thought I would mention the solution I finally adopted.    (The problem w=
as that the 2.5inch IDE notebook USB enclosures I tried did not deliver suf=
ficient power because they drew power from the USB instead of external).

I abandoned the search for a 2.5-inch enclosure and instead used a 3.5 inch=
 enclosure and a 2.5inch-to-3.5inch IDE adapter.      The adapter I am usin=
g is the Startech IDE4044
     http://www.startech.com/item/IDE4044-25-to-35-IDE-Hard-Drive-Cable-Ada=
pter.aspx
and the nice thing about this is that it connects the 3.5inch power supply =
to the power pins on the 2.5 inch female socket=2C so the notebook drive ge=
ts the full power supplied by the 3.5inch enclosure (which has its own exte=
rnal power supply).

(The other nice thing is that the adapter costs next to nothing compared to=
 a complete enclosure)

John

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I raised this thread 16 months ago so maybe not too useful any more=2C but =
I thought I would mention the solution I finally adopted. &nbsp=3B&nbsp=3B =
(The problem was that the 2.5inch IDE notebook USB enclosures I tried did n=
ot deliver sufficient power because they drew power from the USB instead of=
 external).<br><br>I abandoned the search for a 2.5-inch enclosure and inst=
ead used a 3.5 inch enclosure and a 2.5inch-to-3.5inch IDE adapter.&nbsp=3B=
&nbsp=3B&nbsp=3B&nbsp=3B&nbsp=3B The adapter I am using is the Startech IDE=
4044<br>&nbsp=3B&nbsp=3B&nbsp=3B&nbsp=3B http://www.startech.com/item/IDE40=
44-25-to-35-IDE-Hard-Drive-Cable-Adapter.aspx<br>and the nice thing about t=
his is that it connects the 3.5inch power supply to the power pins on the 2=
.5 inch female socket=2C so the notebook drive gets the full power supplied=
 by the 3.5inch enclosure (which has its own external power supply).<br><br=
>(The other nice thing is that the adapter costs next to nothing compared t=
o a complete enclosure)<br><br>John<br><br /><hr />Click less=2C mail more:=
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