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On Sat, 5 Nov 2011, George Parker wrote:
On 05/11/11 17:23, Gordon Henderson wrote:This is an ATA hard drive and the cables for a 3.5" drive will not fit. As far as I can see this is only a mounting plate.On Sat, 5 Nov 2011, George Parker wrote:Stage 2. The new hard drive is not formatted and being a 2.5" drive will not fit into the works of a desktop computer.Yes it will.http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Solid+State+Drives/Mushkin+Enhanced+2.5%22+Solid+State+Hard+Drive+Bracket+?productId=44222or http://url.drogon.net/0l
Yes - that's a mounting plate. It lets you fit a 2.5" drive into a 3.5" slot. Then you cable it up as usual. I used one when I put the SSD into my wifes new PC.
I'm guessing when you say ATA, you really mean S-ATA - most motherboards these days have a SATA socket or 2 spare...
One other thing - going back to the USB enclosure you've tried - it's possible that your USB socket isn't providing enough power, but you didn't say if the USB caddy had separate power or not. I have seen drives that work with USB power, but I've also seem some that really do need external power...
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