Transferring WD Mybook Firewire Hard Drive to Mac Pro

Hello,
I was having problems loading my first My Book 500GB onto my computer. It turns on when I plug it in, but I can't get it to show up on my desktop, or disk utility with either firewire or USB. I'm pretty sure its the casing because I have an identical My Book that works fine.
I am wondering if I can pull the hard drive from the casing, and throw it into the mac pro? I've already pulled apart the casing, but decided to post this question first to see if anyone thinks this is a terrible idea. I tried searching for similar posts to no avail.
Thanks for your help.
Dustin

Is it a SATA drive or an IDE drive (in the case?)
If it is IDE (the connector is 3/4 the width of the drive) then get a cheap ATA to USB (or better, Firewire) case locally and use that case. You are probably right it is the ATA/USB bridge chip. These drives get discussed, not positively, a lot.
If it is SATA then you can put it in the Mac Pro in a spare sled.

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