[wataru]

I just got a Coolmax aluminum USB2/FW400 case for 2.5" drives. I popped in a drive, connected it to a computer, and it worked great. Then I swapped it out for another drive. Now it doesn't work at all. I tested the drive in another case and it works fine there. The Coolmax case seems to be dead, but I don't understand how or why since it worked fine the first time. Any ideas for reviving it?

[galarneau]

Does the case use a cable to connect the drive to the bridge board?

Sometimes you can break one of the wires in the cable when you pull it off the drive.

[wataru]

No, the connector is straight on the PCB. It's all a really tight squeeze.

Edit: I think I got it working again.

The case's logic board had a sheet of plastic on it that I thought was meant to be removed because it made installing the drive an extremely tight squeeze. I removed it, and then the thing stopped working. So I jury rigged a sheet of plastic cut from a Ziploc bag, sandwiched it between the drive's PCB and the case's PCB, and now it's working ok.

The moral of the story is "don't remove protective plastic sheets." Also I think one of the computers I tested with has a funky FW port.