Re: 3400 drive into ext. case

2003-07-29 Thread Ben Smith
-Original Message- From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Eric L. Strobel Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 8:24 PM To: PowerBooks Subject: Re: 3400 drive into ext. case SNIP OK, this is (or at least may be) weird. On a whim I plugged it into the free USB port

Re: 3400 drive into ext. case

2003-07-29 Thread Eric L. Strobel
on 07/29/03 4:32 AM, Ben Smith at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The keyboard USB port is only for very low power devices such as mice, it will not run external drives unless they have an external power supply, it is also incapable of running many other USB powered devices such as scanners and some

3400 drive into ext. case

2003-07-28 Thread Eric L. Strobel
Hi all, I've just gotten around to taking one of the orig. 1.3 GB drives I have laying about and trying to put it into one of those USB 1.1/2.0 pocket drive cases. The whole thing is simple as can be, except that the drive doesn't show up when I attach to USB (say on an iMac). I'm in touch w/

Re: 3400 drive into ext. case

2003-07-28 Thread gdadams1
Eric: Who manufactured the enclosure? Apple System Profiler should tell you. Computergeeks.com has drivers for some of these. I have a blue USB box that I put my drive in. If I recall I had to download the driver for the bridge software. gary From: Eric L. Strobel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi

Re: 3400 drive into ext. case

2003-07-28 Thread Eric L. Strobel
on 07/28/03 2:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The manufacturer is Acer. Just checked @ Geeks the only driver they have doesn't give any info about what it supports... - Eric. Eric: Who manufactured the enclosure? Apple System Profiler should tell you.

Re: 3400 drive into ext. case

2003-07-28 Thread Gary D. Adams
Does ASP tell you what kind of interface the box has? Atapi or whatever? Gary Eric L. Strobel wrote: on 07/28/03 2:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The manufacturer is Acer. Just checked @ Geeks the only driver they have doesn't give any info about what it supports... -

Re: 3400 drive into ext. case

2003-07-28 Thread Eric L. Strobel
on 07/28/03 3:16 PM, Gary D. Adams at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does ASP tell you what kind of interface the box has? Atapi or whatever? Gary Eric L. Strobel wrote: on 07/28/03 2:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The manufacturer is Acer. Just checked @ Geeks the

Re: 3400 drive into ext. case

2003-07-28 Thread Mark Kippert
Eric L. Strobel on 7/28/03 2:24 PM wrote: OK, this is (or at least may be) weird. On a whim I plugged it into the free USB port on the side of the iMac (vs. into the keyboard), and it shows up! Any interpretations on this? For example, does this mean I can't use the drive through any hub?

Re: 3400 drive into ext. case

2003-07-28 Thread Dan Scanlan
OK, this is (or at least may be) weird. On a whim I plugged it into the free USB port on the side of the iMac (vs. into the keyboard), and it shows up! Any interpretations on this? For example, does this mean I can't use the drive through any hub? Anyway, thanks for the help. - Eric. Maybe.

Re: 3400 drive into ext. case

2003-07-28 Thread Eric L. Strobel
on 07/28/03 3:55 PM, Dan Scanlan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, this is (or at least may be) weird. On a whim I plugged it into the free USB port on the side of the iMac (vs. into the keyboard), and it shows up! Any interpretations on this? For example, does this mean I can't use the