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343612 2005-04-11 06:40:00 98se supports usb2.0 not 98 .

Yes.I plug the harddrive to the usb 2 ports.Theres two ports required for the harddrive.One for power.The other for data transfer.

I heard my dad its a notebook external hard drive.So its a 3.5 inch??..

Where is the jumper located?

There shouldn't be anything wrong with the bios as it detects my old broken external harddrive.Same brand too and same size.Fujitsu 10gb hard drive

Yer thats what I said SE supports USB2 98 doesnt.

Umm dunno where the jumpers are on a notebook hdd, but a normal IDE hdd, the jumpers are on the back of the hdd. An IDE hdd is 3.5 inch tho.

Doesnt it need a power supply as well?? Not just power from the computer??

Has it got a power connection on the USB case?
Speedy Gonzales (78)
343613 2005-04-11 08:13:00 Nope.just the power from the computer. Ninjabear (2948)
343614 2005-04-11 08:21:00 Yer thats what I said SE supports USB2 98 doesnt.

Umm dunno where the jumpers are on a notebook hdd, but a normal IDE hdd, the jumpers are on the back of the hdd. An IDE hdd is 3.5 inch tho.

Doesnt it need a power supply as well?? Not just power from the computer??

Has it got a power connection on the USB case?
Notebook HDD is just a 2.5" HDD. Jumpers etc are the same. The enclosure would have to be a 2.5" enclosure also, 3.5 and 5.25 bothe require power, the 2.5s don't.
The jumpers are located next to where you connect the IDE cable.
pctek (84)
343615 2005-04-11 08:26:00 What make/model is this USB case thing Ninja?? Got a pic or URL of this enclosure??

And are you sure this enclosure or whatever it is doesnt need drivers or something?
Speedy Gonzales (78)
343616 2005-04-11 10:34:00 If its a 2.5 drive it will come with an auxillary power supply. Most new laptop drives will start up just using a usb connection but not all, sometimes not even the same models (but from different batch runs.) Older 2.5 drives are even worse. You should either have a ps2 pass through or secondary usb connector for additional power to kick start the sucker.
This may not be your problem as even when the they don't spin up just using the usb lead only they almost always show up as a problem usb device that is not configured /recognised properly
the highlander (245)
343617 2005-04-11 11:56:00 The case around it is called TArga.Model no HD-2U.

Ahhh .With my old external drive.No power supply was necessary and its the same model as the new harddrive.A fujitsu harddrive.

No need for driver.Only needed a usb storage adaptor.Windows 98se detected my old hardrive and automatically installed it

I'll try and put a picture up
Ninjabear (2948)
343618 2005-04-11 12:43:00 Are you pluging a 2½" drive into a 3½" case? Rob99 (151)
343619 2005-04-11 13:02:00 Image 1 sal.neoburn.net(102).jpg

Image 2 sal.neoburn.net


I hope the pictures are ok.Took the pictures with my mobile.
Ninjabear (2948)
343620 2005-04-11 13:04:00 I dobut it cos when I fit the external drive in.It fits nicely with about 2mm gap in between the case and the drive Ninjabear (2948)
343621 2005-04-11 13:50:00 Image 1 sal.neoburn.net(102).jpg

Image 2 sal.neoburn.net


I hope the pictures are ok.Took the pictures with my mobile.

Ek - that's the not the infamous Fujitsu MPQ series of hard drive is it?
They were well known for having dodgy circuit boards...
gibler (49)
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