JM20337 Hi-Speed USB to SATA & PATA Combo Bridge 2010 ===================================================== JMicron drive 152d:2329 and 1523:2339 cause USB resets on ATA smart probing (http://www.mail-archive.com/ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com/msg1708448.html) --- Hi-Speed USB to SATA & PATA Combo Bridge - no disk (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1102066) The device and/or kernel driver seems to be sensitive to the way how you connect all the parts together. I mean the order. I *THINK* correct way is as follows but I cannot test it as I don't have the device by hand. 1) plug the power into the hard drive 2) wait for the drive to spin up 3) plug the convertor into the hard drive 4) plug the USB cord into your computer Next thing to try is 3 - 1 - 2 - 4 ---