On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 07:36:46PM +0100, Chavdar Ivanov wrote:
> This may seem far-fetched, but I have similar problem with my USB case
> when I try to use it with only the power provided by the USB cable.
> The disk never comes up.

This is pretty common.  Many converter devices won't respond to I/O or
inquiry commands until the drive has spun up and they've queried it the
first time.  So, if the drive is unable to spin up, it will look
stalled.