 | HD power without stripping wires! (modified 0 times) | usedtobealurker | |
| Fianlly, I have something to add to this group. First of all, I love computers, work in a computer shop, and fix computers for a living. But, I know jack about electronics. I couldn't turn on a multimeter, let alone use one. This time though I have managed to accomplish something. Thanks to AsicGuy and his pinouts of the LEDs, I was able to power my 2.5 hd without any stripping of power supply wires. I had a power adapter that had a floppy drive connector on one end and a regular female drive plug on the other end. I plugged the floppy end into the +5 for the Irda and grounds matched thereafter. The other end went into a Y adapter with one end going to my 2.5 to 3.5 converter. Powered on the websurfer, hd spins up, and the BIOS sees the drive. I try to be as unobtrusive with my hacks, so this makes for a wonderful way of getting hd power without having to frankenstein the box. Here is the link to AsicGuy and his thoughts.
http://www.linux-hacker.net/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Board=wstech&Post=113&Idle=&Sort=&Order=&Page=&Session=
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