External hard drive problem

[kardoza]

Hi.

I bought an external hard drive (300gb seagate) that was then mounted by the shop keeper into an external case. It worked perfectly for 2 weeks but then it just stopped working. The noises it began to make were different, though they did not sound like those dangerous malfunctioning computer noises

Now, if I plug it in via Firewire or USB it just doesn't get recognised - although the little USB noise will sound. When it is plugged into the firewire socket, on the control panel -> system -> device manager I get an error after the beep noise
"*a yellow exclamation mark*Initio IEEE 1394 SBP2 Device".


I do remember on one of my attempts at plugging it in, windows had a little bubble talking about the drivers not being correct and it might not function properly. But it was functioning properly for 2 weeks.

Is there any chance someone could help me get it working again? I know this hardly any information but I don't know what else I can give you.

Many thanks

[Scooter]

This external enclosure that your hard disk is installed in... what kind of enclosure is it? Who makes it (manufacturer) do you know the chipset that it uses?

[kardoza]

The actual external closure looks really quite tacky. It says it is :

3.5" USB 2.0 + IEEE1394A TO IDE HDD ENCLOSURE

F-E3A1UF - 1530 series
F-E3A2UF - 1530 series
F-E3P2UF - 1530 series


There seems to be no acutal manufacture label on the box

I'll write out some of the details of the instructions:

Compliant with USB 2.0, IEEE Std 1394-1995 and IEEE 1394a-2000 specification

Compliant with ATA/ATAPI-6 specification

Support PIO mode 0-4, DMA Mode 0-2, UDMA Mode 0-5

Compliant with USB Mass storage class bulk - only specification and SBP-2 protocol.

Support high speed bla bla

Support 48-bi LBA for large capacity array

hmm I can't find much about it.

IEE1394a (6pin to 6 pin)cale

There is also a mini driver cd included but I haven't got a clue how to use it. It contains alot of files for a large array of periphals. There is still no company name or anything.

I could get pictures of the hard drive, the closure, the pins and the disk and instructions for you but would it help?
Thanks

[Scooter]

man... photos would be a really big help!...

you said that this hard disk was originaly an external but you took it out and put it into another external case? or you just bought a drive and it wnet into an external case
?