TweaK
09-02-2006, 11:17 AM
I have some External Hard Drive problems.
First of all, the drive we're talking about here is a Maxtor OneTouch External 200GB HDD, connected through Firewire. It worked perfectly fine. I just pulled out the plug of the power, took the hard drive upstairs, and forgot the power plug. So I went downstairs again, but there were SO many adapters .. So I didn't know which one it was. So I tried multiple ones. But none of them makes it turn on >__> And I'm sure these are all I have.
It doesn't make some kind of weird beep going "OMG BROKEN" or something, and it hasn't fallen or been shaken (not really). The drive looks like this:
http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/i/z/rv/2004/09/maxtor-onetouch-i1.gif
The difference is that mine also has firewire support.
Anyways, usually when you turn it on, the OneTouch button (see front) shines a nice blue light. Not anymore when I turn it on. Could be the power unit, could be the drive.. That's what I'm asking you :P
The power unit is supposed to look like this:
http://ec.ingrammicro.de/jpg/5720142.jpg
I can't seem to find it and I'm nearly 100% sure I've been using another power unit, but it worked just fine until I plugged it out.
Any ideas would be appreciated. What's up? What should I do?
First of all, the drive we're talking about here is a Maxtor OneTouch External 200GB HDD, connected through Firewire. It worked perfectly fine. I just pulled out the plug of the power, took the hard drive upstairs, and forgot the power plug. So I went downstairs again, but there were SO many adapters .. So I didn't know which one it was. So I tried multiple ones. But none of them makes it turn on >__> And I'm sure these are all I have.
It doesn't make some kind of weird beep going "OMG BROKEN" or something, and it hasn't fallen or been shaken (not really). The drive looks like this:
http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/i/z/rv/2004/09/maxtor-onetouch-i1.gif
The difference is that mine also has firewire support.
Anyways, usually when you turn it on, the OneTouch button (see front) shines a nice blue light. Not anymore when I turn it on. Could be the power unit, could be the drive.. That's what I'm asking you :P
The power unit is supposed to look like this:
http://ec.ingrammicro.de/jpg/5720142.jpg
I can't seem to find it and I'm nearly 100% sure I've been using another power unit, but it worked just fine until I plugged it out.
Any ideas would be appreciated. What's up? What should I do?