When I use this unfortunate external box, the disk spins, and in the laptop hardware manager I see the disk device “WDC WD50 00AAKS-00V0A0 SCSI Disc Device”. However, Disc Management doesn't have it.
But when I connect it as an additional drive in the PC, the power supply goes into protection, probably at 12V, since the PC coolers rotate slowly and the power supply periodically restarts.