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[zainday]

I might be wrong and someone can clearify, if so.....
I think that it's connected to the power cable so the probe has current running through it.
When you contact it to the board , it powers up enough to send the data through the sata cable (or whatever connection your using)
I think the led is to let the user know that the connection and power are intact and stable.

[leemoo]

QUOTE(zainday @ Mar 7 2009, 05:05 PM)

I might be wrong and someone can clearify, if so.....
I think that it's connected to the power cable so the probe has current running through it.
When you contact it to the board , it powers up enough to send the data through the sata cable (or whatever connection your using)
I think the led is to let the user know that the connection and power are intact and stable.

If that was the case could we not just use a multimeter because there is power running through that?!

[chazmann]

QUOTE(leemoo @ Mar 8 2009, 05:59 PM)

If that was the case could we not just use a multimeter because there is power running through that?!

All the "spear" is doing is BRIDGING two connections allowing the key to become available to the computer.

[paul543]

QUOTE(chazmann @ Mar 8 2009, 11:35 PM)

All the "spear" is doing is BRIDGING two connections allowing the key to become available to the computer.

so why won't it work then when the spear is not connected, but just pushed in?

[mac456]

your not bridging anything though. your using the spear to read the point on the drive and then the spear sends the data though the tx wire to the pc.

[pion]

My version  

needle thru a pencil.

[shadowth]

My version:

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This post has been edited by shadowth: Mar 17 2009, 03:21 AM

[tequiller]

Took me a few tries, but got it with the previous rig I posted.

Thanks for the tips everyone.