From: jcm_spectrum@spectrum.net   
      
   First, thanks to all that are helping me.   
      
   Second, answers to pertinent questions...   
      
   1) HDD Caddy: the one I've been using is a Sabrent Model Number:   
   EC_ECDFLT with a 2000mA wall wart (external) power supply.  It has   
   worked successfully for 25+ different hard drives.   
      
   2) HDD spinning:  Yes, it spins.  I can both hear it spin and feel it.   
   Related: also, I can hear a subtle click (possibly the heads unparking).   
     I know someone out there is thinking click-of-death.  I know the   
   click-of-death sound from prior experience.  This is not that, and is   
   much much quieter.  Also it only happens two or possibly three times.   
      
   3) HDD Computer: Knowing and appreciating distrust of extra links, I   
   plugged the HDD into a dell Optiplex 740 I had sitting around.   
   Observations:   
      a) The clicking I mentioned in #2 sounds/feels more like a bump.   
      b) The click/bump happened for exactly 7 times FWIW.   
      c) The BIOS didn't recognize the drive.  Not only that, the drive   
   crashed the bios when I went to see what specs the BIOS was able to   
   read.  The BIOS performed fine with no HDDs attached.  The BIOS   
   performed fine with a known good HDD attached.   
      
      
   Paul a) Thanks for all the info and links.  The Wikipedia article looks   
   interesting, but I didn't really understand it at first skim and have   
   other obligations soon.  Hope to read it in detail this evening.   
   Paul b) I've never had/owned a helium drive before and didn't realize   
   that was what i had.   
   Paul c) I guess that Optiplex is probably too old to be a "reasonably   
   modern motherboard." :)  I'll have to look at some of my other computers   
   to see how old they are.  I generally ignore the age if it seems to be   
   working adequately. :(   
      
      
   Next steps ?   
      
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