In the confusion of moving, I used a 19 VDC power supply on my Seagate GoFlex FreeAgent 1.5 TB external hard drive (desktop-sized). It no longer spins. Here's the information printed on the drive inside the enclosure:
Seagate Barracuda Green 1500GB
ST 1500DL001
P/N: 9VT15L--570
F/W CC98
Date: 12076 Site: WU
I've taken it out of its enclosure, and tried connecting it to a Dell PC directly. When I do this, the PC power light flashes slowly and it won't even start to boot, which suggests a short in the SATA power circuit. When I disconnect the drive I can get the PC to boot fine.
The discussion at http:// has a lot of good advice on hardware hacking, but I was hoping to get instructions that apply to my hardware. It looks as though the posters on this other thread are referring to hardware hacking resources I don't know about, but that you could point me to, such as pictures of the PCB with components labeled.
I already have a digital multimeter and Torx-5 through Torx-9.
Thanks!!
Seagate Barracuda Green 1500GB
ST 1500DL001
P/N: 9VT15L--570
F/W CC98
Date: 12076 Site: WU
I've taken it out of its enclosure, and tried connecting it to a Dell PC directly. When I do this, the PC power light flashes slowly and it won't even start to boot, which suggests a short in the SATA power circuit. When I disconnect the drive I can get the PC to boot fine.
The discussion at http:// has a lot of good advice on hardware hacking, but I was hoping to get instructions that apply to my hardware. It looks as though the posters on this other thread are referring to hardware hacking resources I don't know about, but that you could point me to, such as pictures of the PCB with components labeled.
I already have a digital multimeter and Torx-5 through Torx-9.
Thanks!!
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