Comment on Help imaging a IDE drive
bzLem0n@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
Are either of the USB->IDE adapters ones with a second USB plug for more power? A long time ago I had issues using an adapter that didn’t have a second plug as it wasn’t supplying enough power to properly spin up the drive.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
so the first adapter was a little smaller and had extra power for 3.5" drives but not 2.5". It still spun up fine though.
this is the one: www.newegg.com/…/35G-00MX-00001?Item=9SIAD8FK4X18…
The next one I got is bigger, and has it’s own little power supply for 2.5" drives as well as an extension for the molex on a 3.5" drive. It still spins up the same. I’m not sure if it’s just a linux issue but I find it weird since I’ve never had a peripheral that linux didn’t at least acknowledge was there. I don’t have a windows pc to really test it on either.
SanguineBrah@lemmy.sdf.org 5 days ago
I have found that the new adapters you can buy are very unreliable. I ended up buying a 20 y/o USB 2.0 dock on eBay and that seems to work with every drive I throw at it.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Thats a bummer. They sure took a nose dive in quality