- Sep 14, 2013
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Hello there.
Yesterday my external HDD suddenly stopped working for no apparent reason.
The problem I've got is that I can't get any power to the HDD without kinda twisting the USB-cable while pressing the cable into the input on the HDD, while at the same time applying pressure on the top and bottom of the case. Almost like I have to force it to hit the spot where it gets power and starts spinning.
http://i.imgur.com/h9J1ppi.jpg - it might also seem like I cant get it all the way in.
I also have to pressure that little silver/grey soft spot on the top there.
I've managed to get into the disk and retrieve the most important documents, but I would really like to fix it. I can't send it in for repair at the current time, so do you have any homemade fixes that might work temporarily? And is this an easy fix if I send it in to Lacie for repair? I still have my warranty.
Would be great with some solutions, thanks
Yesterday my external HDD suddenly stopped working for no apparent reason.
The problem I've got is that I can't get any power to the HDD without kinda twisting the USB-cable while pressing the cable into the input on the HDD, while at the same time applying pressure on the top and bottom of the case. Almost like I have to force it to hit the spot where it gets power and starts spinning.
http://i.imgur.com/h9J1ppi.jpg - it might also seem like I cant get it all the way in.
I also have to pressure that little silver/grey soft spot on the top there.
I've managed to get into the disk and retrieve the most important documents, but I would really like to fix it. I can't send it in for repair at the current time, so do you have any homemade fixes that might work temporarily? And is this an easy fix if I send it in to Lacie for repair? I still have my warranty.
Would be great with some solutions, thanks
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