Hard Drive not powering on

[rkaye79]

Hi,

My external hard drive wouldn't power on. So I removed the hard drive from the case and attempted to plug it into my PC. However the PC won't power up with the hard drive attached.
It's an IDE drive and i know the PC cables and power are ok as the PC powers up fine with another IDE disk plugged into the cables. How can i get the data off this hard drive?

Thanks.

 

[fzabkar]

Does the PSU fan spin? If not, then the drive may have a shorted TVS diode, in which case the fix will usually be an easy one.

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

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

 

[rkaye79]

Does the PSU fan spin? If not, then the drive may have a shorted TVS diode, in which case the fix will usually be an easy one.

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

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

Thanks fzabkar.
There is no noise at all (which is what first prompted me to take it out the original external hard drive enclosure) so I'm assuming the PSU fan is not spinning. I will look at the fix link you posted and report back.
Thanks again.