You may need to attach a small cable from the power brick to the part that connects to the drive. I have one that uses power from the usb port to power a 2.5' drive. But they did include an adapter for the power adapter to plug into the ide/sata interface. If that does not work, the drive may either be bad, or need a utility to get the info off of it.
Brian O' On Sep 11, 2008, at 9:01 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: Lee, I have removed my 2.5 ATA hard drive from the dead iBook. I don't understand how the adaptor works. Do I need the power brick? If so, how does it connect? I can con the adaptor to the drive and when I plug the usb cable into the usb port the red light on the adaptor lights up. I can hear the drive mechanism but the drive never mounts on the desk top. Any thoughts? Harry Tuesday, July 22, 20085:54 PMLee [EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Jul 22, 2008, at 3:46 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > >> I have a dead iBook - MacAuthority said the logic board was shot. I >> intend to put the machine on ebay for parts but I want to remove the >> hard drive, and zero it out. That's not a problem - I know how to do >> that, but I need some way to take the hard drive and connect it to my >> working computer and so I can erase the hard drive. > > I bought a small IDE/SATA to USB adaptor exactly for this purpose [1]. > I've since started using it to more easily swap around drives for > backups. If you want to borrow it for a few days, let me know. > > > [1] <http://tinyurl.com/6xmn2l> > > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be September 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: [email protected] > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
