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external enclosure, what am i missing?

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i purchased a coolmax enclosure from newegg. i had 2 WD caviar drives in my old desktop, one with the OS on it the other a data drive. i pulled out both drives and stuck them in this enclosure using the usb2 connector. i get nothing. i figured both were formatted so i would get something. am i missing something? i know this isn't really a "notebook" issue, but i thought a lot of you notebookers use these enclosures and i missing something easy. it is set to master, and i looked like 27 times to make sure everything is connected correctly.

the only other thing i am thinking is try the firewire hookup. i have to find a 4 to 6 pin connector though.
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Thread Starter 
well--it works with the firewire. doesn't work with usb. anyone want to guess why?
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You sure it's not your USB port? Have you tried plugging something else into it?
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I have a similar issue with my USB case. I find that if I plug the USB into the computer with the case off, then turn on the usb case, windows sees it correctly and then it works.

If I just hot plug the usb cable with the drive already on, nothing.
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