Hello everyone, I am sorry if this is the wrong section to post this but I've read a few posts on this forum and the knowledge here seem's to be quite strong so I was hoping somebody would be able to provide me any kind of feedback regarding my issue below.

To start off, I came here after searching google for ways to repair a Sata to USB enclosure board as any computer I attach to it won't detect the drive/enclosure properly. The hard drive enclosure I am using is a few years old but worked great until a few months ago when I thought my drive was bad.

The drive enclosure is the Ultra ULT40243 which seem's to be using the Initio 1608l chip http://www.initio.com/Html/inic-1608.html
I have a segate 320gig 7200rpm drive that is in the enclosure, which works fine when put into my HDD dock at home.

When I attach the drive to my laptop via USB, windows cannot find the driver for it.

Windows reads in device manager: Unknown Device.
Unknown device properties - Device status states:
This device is disabled because the firmware of the device did not give it the required resources. (Code 29)

Now I know I know, search google for 'unknown device' issues. I have tried and nothing helps. This seem's to be an issue with the sata to usb board and not windows. (Linux laptop won't detect it also. Disk Management doesn't see the drive).

As I was looking into this myself, I came across the following tool, USB Device Viewer. This is what it pulls for the Unknown Device:





Here are some pictures I took of the board.






Now my question to this community. Is there anything that I can attempt to do to correct this? I know this is a older and low priced device but I feel I'd like to learn to possibly repair it and what's involved rather than just junk it and get a new enclosure. If I can't fix it beyond reasonable means, then be it but I'd like to learn.


Thank you kindly

with all due respect and with no offence I think since

there are great knowledgeable people here who are trying the help recover valuable data not an old cheap convertor

I understand, but to a novice user this may be difficult but to somebody experienced it may be easy.

I thought it would be as simple as somehow re-programming the firmware....it's all wishfull thinking to be honest haha.

No offence taken, was just wondering if anybody had an methods.

Great forum nonetheless!

Try to replacing the 25MHz crystal

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My Google searches suggest that this product is USB powered, yet the following photo shows a 5V DC socket:

http://images.highspeedbackbone.net/Sku ... roduct.jpg

On examination of the PCB, ISTM that the HDD is powered from a 5VDC adapter connected to the DC socket, while the bridge electronics gets its power from the USB port via the 3.3V AX1117-33 LDO regulator at U3.

If you disconnect the AC adapter from the bridge PCB, does USBDeview still report the same "No open pipes" errors, etc?

Is there +3.3V at the output of the LDO regulator at U3?

Does the LED light up at any time?

Does the drive spin up inside the enclosure?

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