LaCie Porsche V1 - Lost Power Supply

[jbstauss]

Hi everyone -

Well, now I've done it. In the process of moving I lost the power supply to my old 250gb V1 Porsche drive. The problem is this early FW400 version used a small-pin plug for power as opposed to the 4-pin that all the LaCies use now. This power supply has been discontinued, leaving me with a huge music library and no way to turn on the drive to get it off the thing!

I'm wondering if it's possible to buy a new enclosure and switch out the hard drives? I know very little about enclosures, if they include the power assemblies and type-depending, could accept the drive from my LaCie.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

-Jesse

 

[wrinkster22]

get a new enclosure and pop out the drive .

 

[apunkrockmonk]

Yes. It's no big deal. Just be sure to match the internal interface (IDE or SATA) on the new enclosure to the old one.

It won't make a difference if the new enclosure you get is USB or FireWire. That is your choice.