Re: help locating an AC adaptor


"Jose de las Heras" <josenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:5urv3qF1jh43tU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"nickm" <nickm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:4787202a$0$13935$fa0fcedb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

No, it's not a V-Amp, it's an external hard drive. I got it on eBay a while
ago, brandless... I can't find another one now.

Jose


In that case (pun intended) I would buy a new hard drive enclosure, assuming it's USB 2.0 rather than Firewire for a tenner off eBay and take the drive out of the original enclosure to put in the new one. Depends how old the

You're a voice of reason. But I am an unreasonable one. I want what I want, damn it! ;-)

No, seriously, I already ordered a new case. They're cheap enough, buying a new adaptor will cost about the same, or sometimes more. So for practical purposes, I just got a new one. Transferring the drive from one into the other is a breeze.
The thing is that the original case, the one I cannot use, is great. I like the shape, design... and would love to be able to use it again, even if economically it doesn't make sense. So I'll keep looking for an adaptor. Thanks to IanM I found that LaCie uses a similar one on some of their drives (I still have to verify it's ok, but I'm 95% sure), but it would be something like £29 plus delivery. So I'm looking for alternatives.

Now I know what it is for, I know that somewhere in my piles of old computer kit that I have a PSU from a dead Firewire caddy that has a multi-pin power connector. I only have a vague idea where it might be in a box buried at the back of a cupboard, but if I do happen to find it, and if the pinouts look similar to your picture, you'd be welcome to it - but finding it is not going to be easy, and could take a day or so to get to it - if you saw my garage, you'd understand completely. OK - I'm not proud :-)

oooh, that would be great!
If you find it, do let me know. As for the state of the garage... I don't need to see it, I understand already... I don't have a garage but I have a room that has become some kind of Aladdin's Cave wannabe. From time to time I go in there and I come out with things I didn't even remember I had. I worry that one day I will not come out at all. ;-)

Thanks Nick!

Jose
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Yes. I can identify with that. I also have a room that matches the garage which is more worrying :-)

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