hard drive enclosure

Question

Level 1

0 points

hard drive enclosure

Hi,

I bought a Eaglebit- Writebox external hard drive enclosure to house my old iBook G3 40 GB hard drive. I'm fairly confident I assembled it properly, but I can't see to get my MacBook (original black model) to recognize it. It doesn't show up in Disk Utility, system profiler, or anywhere else. It is a IDE/SATA to USB enclosure. There is no power source other than the USB connection. When I switch the device on, it doesn't make any noise, so I'm not even sure if it is running?

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Black MacBook 2GHz & iMac 3.06 GHz, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Jan 9, 2009 2:29 PM

Reply

Answer 1

bugzy Author

Level 1

0 points

Jan 9, 2009 2:35 PM in response to bugzy

Some additional info: The USB cable that came with the device has 2 plugs (not sure what the proper name for this is). The part that plugs into the device has the smaller plug and then the part that plugs into my computer has 2 USB plugs. I tried plugging them both in at the same time as well as each on individually.

Reply

Answer 2

gpotts

Level 3

585 points

Jan 9, 2009 3:35 PM in response to bugzy

The two USBs on the cord are to power the drive on certain computers that can't provide enough power on USB to spin the drive properly.

Can you provide a link to the enclosure you bought? (Looks like this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817193033)

Despite it saying that it is compatible with Mac OS X, many people say it isn't in the reviews. You may be out of luck.

What are you trying to do? Do you have another computer? Do you have Leopard on another computer to use with Time Machine? If that's the case, I'd recommend you just clone the G3 HDD to a new external enclosure/HDD that you would buy if you are trying to transfer information.

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/on-the-go OWC is always good with their externals for 2.5" drives. Though this one is SATA and not ATA (IDE)

Reply

Answer 3

bugzy Author

Level 1

0 points

Jan 11, 2009 8:19 PM in response to gpotts

Yes- that is then one I have. The reason I have the enclosure is because I upgraded an old iBook to a 120 GB and wanted to use the old one as an extra external. I'll see if I can return it and check out the one you suggested.

Thanks!!

Reply