HP DVD300i and external USB 2.0 enclosure... is it possible?

[ReD-MaN]

I have an HP DVD300i drive, shows up as a 300c in Nero. Works fine in any PC I throw it in.

Thought I would make it into an external USB drive, bought the Bytecc ME-320-U2.

When I plug it in, Win2k and WinXP both detect only a "USB Mass Storage Device". Thats all it detects it as, and I am not sure what to do.

If I throw a cd-rom drive in there, it works as expected.

Can anyone help? Did I waste my money buying the usb-ide chassis for this drive? Has anyone heard of a dvd300i working in this way?

Thanks in advance.

[ReD-MaN]

Guess it was just the Bytecc isnt as high quality.. bought an ADS Dual Link Drive kit.. both USB 2.0 and IEEE1394. and the drive works like a charm now! Windows picks it up as it should, as a HP DVD Writer 300c USB Device..

[jrsdsl]

Not a HP DVD300i, but I have a LG 4040B in the ADS Dual Link and it is only described in XP's Device Manager as a generic IEEE 1394 SBP2 Device-it works though with no problems. Also, had an A03 in a cheap ME-320U2F USB2/1394 and it also had a generic description-but worked perfectly.

[Duchess]

When I plug it in, Win2k and WinXP both detect only a "USB Mass Storage Device". Thats all it detects it as, and I am not sure what to do.

Check the burner is set to master and not slave. I had this problem about 10 months ago and felt like a fool when I realised my mistake after spending hours doing all sorts of things.