External hard drive not working

[jdalto]

Hello,

I have a 1tb seagate external hard drive. I used a different plug then the one they gave me and now the drive stopped working. Did I completely kill it or is it the power source? If I get a new enclosure can I use the drive again? Please help and thank you for reading this.

 

[DarkSable]

When you say a different plug, does that mean you used a different way to POWER it than it came with?

 

[jdalto]

Have you tried it on another computer with all your USB cables?

No but the drive isn't turning on.

 

[jdalto]

When you say a different plug, does that mean you used a different way to POWER it than it came with?

Yes I used a different power cord that fit into the drive

 

[fzabkar]

In most cases there will be a shorted TVS diode, in which case the fix should cost you nothing.

See http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/HDD/TVS_diode_FAQ.html

... and http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/HDD/ (photo clips)