Hi. Thank you for taking the time to read this, and possibly providing the working solution.
The gear in question are as follows:
1) Gateway MX-6959 Laptop; Windows XP Media Center 2005 SP3
2) LaCie d2 Quadra Hard Drive; eSATA 1.5Gbits, FireWire 800, FireWire 400, Hi-Speed USB 2.0
3) 6 pin...