wd hd wd2500js found in the trash

[sarfraz]

found a tower someone through away. I wish i took pictures and did not.
All plexiglass. salvaged the drive, 2 gig ram and dual video card.
i have a rosewill usb external port (usb to sata or ide). i can not get this drive working and suspect its something im doing wrong. the drive is a sata wd 250gig. the only thing i did is set the jumper to 1 and 2. my question is some of these jumper settings may still need to be configured to work with the usb. any thoughts please.

http://www.wdc.com/en/library/eide/2579-001037.pdf

 

[Atomic Rooster]

Hook the drive up directly to see if it's any good. That may be the reason you found it in the trash. . .