USB-SATA Enclosure

• Fulcrum [TS] on 08 Apr 11 @ 08:22 PM #

  Recently I bought a USB-SATA 2.5 enclosure and matched with a 160GB SATA HD. But when I plugged it in, XPSP3 didn\'t detect any activity (meaning no hardware detected, and the HD was not detected as well). I tried rebooting but it didn\'t help also.
  
  1) Any advice on how to make it work?
  
  2) If you plug in a USB-SATA Enclosure without an onboard HD will it be detected by XPSP3?
  
  
  Thanks

• Fulcrum [TS] on 08 Apr 11 @ 09:02 PM #

  Madedetect ba ng XP ang usb-enclosure (as a device itself) na walang nakakabit na Harddrive? di kasi ako sure kung defective yung enclosure o baka yung hardrive ang may problem.
  
  
  thanks again

• baratzki on 08 Apr 11 @ 09:20 PM #

  for a 2.5\" usb enclosure (or any bus-powered device), #1 problem would be power, try to plug it on the USB port at the back of the computer, usually bus-powered usb device almost always have a Y-connector, try to plug in both usb plugs to two separate usb connectors
  
  
  for a sample of a y-connector
  
  
  
  just connect the two usb connector to two usb ports at the back of the pc, make sure to connect it to two adjacent ports (so it will have a different 5V rail)

• khalire on 08 Apr 11 @ 11:28 PM #

  @Fulcrum
  
  in my experience hindi po ma de-detect ung enclosure as new device, meron din akong 160 2.5 HDD na naka enclosure, need mo po ilagay ang hdd sa enclosure

• dta on 09 Apr 11 @ 01:19 AM #

  Recently I bought a USB-SATA 2.5 enclosure and matched with a 160GB SATA HD. But when I plugged it in, XPSP3 didn\'t detect any activity (meaning no hardware detected, and the HD was not detected as well). I tried rebooting but it didn\'t help also.

  
  
  What\'s your PC specs?
  
  This issue is more likely caused by either:
  
  a) XP\'s USB driver was not installed/loaded properly. Better install the chipset driver of your PC and double-check.
  
  b) your XP PC\'s USB port is not supplying enough power to the USB enclosure (this occurs quite often on older or rusty USB ports (try changing to a different USB port on the same PC if it has the same symptom)

• Fulcrum [TS] on 09 Apr 11 @ 08:23 AM #

  got it working finally. thanks for the inputs. =)

• dta on 09 Apr 11 @ 11:13 AM #

  got it working finally. thanks for the inputs. =)

  
  
  Mind if you detail what you did? Para if next time someone searches this thread, they can try your solution..

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• Fulcrum [TS] on 11 Apr 11 @ 07:01 PM #

  Mind if you detail what you did? Para if next time someone searches this thread, they can try your solution..

  
  
  Just used a y-connector as posted by bratzki.

• dta on 11 Apr 11 @ 10:52 PM #

  Just used a y-connector as posted by bratzki.

  
  
  So it looks like the problem you encountered was insufficient power from the single USB port, and having 2 powered USB ports solved the issue...

• akoposilester on 28 Jan 15 @ 11:31 AM #

  saan nakakabili nito locally? mas ok ba ito kesa enclosure? thanks