Thecus N1050 Nano won't show up as external hd!

[that_aznpride101]

I'm currently using the Thecus Nano N1050 with a 2.5" Hitachi Travelstar 7K100 IDE hard drive. The light turns on, and I can hear the hard drive clicking (that's normal, right?) but it doesn't appear as an external hard drive. I e-mailed Thecus tech support, and the guy wrote back telling me to go to Disk Management (Control Panel --> Admin Tools --> Comp Management --> Disk Management) and should find it listed there and that I just needed to format it and it'll show up. Unfortunately, it wasn't listed and that didn't work. I'm waiting for a reply, but I decided to post here hoping I can perhaps find a solution quicker here. Any ideas?

I did see a comment in newegg.com that the Thecus was finicky with the Travelstar, but that's it....

 

[croc]

Clicking????


OOohh... Not a good sound.

Have you tried to follow the sugested instructions?

 

[that_aznpride101]

Actually, I just received word from the tech guy, Kevin, that the reason why it was clicking is because it wasn't receiving enough power (even w/ the USB transfer cable and supplied USB power cable), so I had to use AA battery pack. It works now! =) Nothing wrong with the Thecus, or the Hitachi Travelstar for now.

I feel dumb for making this post earlier..

 

[PCcashCow]

So the integrity of your data is in the hands of the energizer bunny?

 

[that_aznpride101]

Well, sorta. According to Kevin, he said that certain laptop 2.5" IDE hard drives require more voltage to function than what the USB voltage can offer. The Thecus N1050 Nano comes with a battery pack in which you put in 4 AA batteries and it starts up the hard drive. Currently, I'm using the Hitachi Travelstar 7K100, so I guess that particular ones needs more power? But other than that, it does what it should, and I'm pretty happy with it.