Re: detecting hdd on usb cable

[Andrew Henry <adhenry@bredband.net>]

Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 01/08/08 12:37, Andrew Henry wrote:
>> Ron Johnson wrote:
>>> ATA converter cable?  Where does the power come from?
>>>
>>> I've only heard of HDDs in external USB enclosures.
>>>
>>>  
>> The fact that it works on WinXP should've given you a clue :)
>
> Not really, since I'm not clued in to each and every USB adapter.
What I meant to say was that the fact that it works at all under windows
should have indicated that power *is* being supplied *somehow*.   That
you didn't know exactly how it was supplied doesn't really matter.  It
has a standard USB connector on one end and a big chunky dual ATA plus
SATA converter at the other end.  Power supplied by separate cable.
>
>>                                                             It has a
>> seperate power cable that plugs straight into the wall outlet.
>
> And the HDD circuitry lays exposed to the world?
>
Yes it is.  This cable is not sold as or intended as an "external hard
drive" solution.  It is a cable for the simply reason of being able to
temporarily attach a hard drive to another system without opening the
working system.

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