Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.2
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Service Pack 1, 64 bit
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G2030 @ 3.00GHz, Intel64 Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9
Processor Count: 2
RAM: 3967 Mb
Graphics Card: Intel(R) HD Graphics, 1791 Mb
Hard Drives: C: Total - 448568 MB, Free - 399972 MB;
Motherboard: Dell Inc., 0XFWHV
Antivirus: AVG AntiVirus Free Edition 2013, Updated and Enabled
I am trying to connect an internal SATA HDD as an external drive for use as a backup medium for my system.
To connect the HDD, I am using a cable-set, consisting of a power-adapter, a cable adapter (6" long, 4-pin to SATA power fitting), two-sided femaile receptacle and ribbon-cable data fitting with a shielded UBS cable attached, 6" ribbon-cable.
With no power on, I connect the power-adapter and assorted cables and adapters to 125V AC power and to a USB port of my computer and to the SATA HDD. Everything seems to fit, mechanically.
I apply power to the computer and to the assembled SATA HDD components. The computer starts normally, but I do not notice any vibration, stirring, whirring of the SATA HDD. Also, when the computer is full booted, and I look at My Computer with Windows Explorer, I find that it does not recognize the presence of anything at a USB port, particularly not my SATA HDD.
I have tried fully booting the computer and connecting the HDD to the USB port afterwards, as I might a memory stick, but it is not recognized and, perhaps more significantly, the HDD's motor cannot be heard nor felt.
What do I know? I know that the power-adapter works. I know that when I connect another internal HDD which is an IDE type, using just the power-adapter and the shielded multi-receptacle USB cable, all works well.
The only connection differences with the SATA drive are the need to use the short 4-pin adapter cable and the short ribbon cable.
What is the problem, anyone?
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Service Pack 1, 64 bit
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G2030 @ 3.00GHz, Intel64 Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9
Processor Count: 2
RAM: 3967 Mb
Graphics Card: Intel(R) HD Graphics, 1791 Mb
Hard Drives: C: Total - 448568 MB, Free - 399972 MB;
Motherboard: Dell Inc., 0XFWHV
Antivirus: AVG AntiVirus Free Edition 2013, Updated and Enabled
I am trying to connect an internal SATA HDD as an external drive for use as a backup medium for my system.
To connect the HDD, I am using a cable-set, consisting of a power-adapter, a cable adapter (6" long, 4-pin to SATA power fitting), two-sided femaile receptacle and ribbon-cable data fitting with a shielded UBS cable attached, 6" ribbon-cable.
With no power on, I connect the power-adapter and assorted cables and adapters to 125V AC power and to a USB port of my computer and to the SATA HDD. Everything seems to fit, mechanically.
I apply power to the computer and to the assembled SATA HDD components. The computer starts normally, but I do not notice any vibration, stirring, whirring of the SATA HDD. Also, when the computer is full booted, and I look at My Computer with Windows Explorer, I find that it does not recognize the presence of anything at a USB port, particularly not my SATA HDD.
I have tried fully booting the computer and connecting the HDD to the USB port afterwards, as I might a memory stick, but it is not recognized and, perhaps more significantly, the HDD's motor cannot be heard nor felt.
What do I know? I know that the power-adapter works. I know that when I connect another internal HDD which is an IDE type, using just the power-adapter and the shielded multi-receptacle USB cable, all works well.
The only connection differences with the SATA drive are the need to use the short 4-pin adapter cable and the short ribbon cable.
What is the problem, anyone?