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My one terrabyte drive stopped working few weeks back so i decided to get a sata cable. It plugs in power lights on on the cable but the access light isnt. Drive still not working and my lifes work is on there. There is also an eight pin port on my drive does that have some significance. I was told some tb drives dont work with some satas. My sata has two usb plugs on one end but im thinking i need something else plzzzz help
markjason
October 18, 2014 12:11:29 AM
Gradualbling said:
OK, from what you've told me so far, I think that you have a 3.5" HDD. The 2.5" connector wont give it the power that it needs. What actually went wrong to begin with? Can you answer the other questions I asked earlier?
"Is it making any strange noises? Does it occasionally click or spin down and then up again? Does it even spin? If it is, try to be as descriptive as possible. It may sound daft but a hard drive that beeps will have a different issue than one that squeaks.
Has it had any traumas recently? Knocked? Dropped? Set on fire? Also, did you notice that accessing the drive became gradually slower and harder in the last few days?"
The hdd is wd10eads
markjason
October 17, 2014 8:19:43 AM
Gradualbling said:
OK, from what you've told me so far, I think that you have a 3.5" HDD. The 2.5" connector wont give it the power that it needs. What actually went wrong to begin with? Can you answer the other questions I asked earlier?
"Is it making any strange noises? Does it occasionally click or spin down and then up again? Does it even spin? If it is, try to be as descriptive as possible. It may sound daft but a hard drive that beeps will have a different issue than one that squeaks.
Has it had any traumas recently? Knocked? Dropped? Set on fire? Also, did you notice that accessing the drive became gradually slower and harder in the last few days?"
The last few weeks it had a knock and sometimes the drive would stop then seconds later kick back in then one day just stop completely. The drive wen plugged in still made a power buzz noise but thats normal that real slight zzzzzz just to let u know its on. Every now and then u can hear drive click slightly but now its just disconnected from everything even the chip board thats fixed to it. Secrets to FIXING YOUR EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE! Impor…: http://youtu.be/5cTZBMi-XwQ
Gradualbling
October 17, 2014 7:59:36 AM
OK, from what you've told me so far, I think that you have a 3.5" HDD. The 2.5" connector wont give it the power that it needs.
What actually went wrong to begin with? Can you answer the other questions I asked earlier?
"Is it making any strange noises? Does it occasionally click or spin down and then up again? Does it even spin? If it is, try to be as descriptive as possible. It may sound daft but a hard drive that beeps will have a different issue than one that squeaks.
Has it had any traumas recently? Knocked? Dropped? Set on fire? Also, did you notice that accessing the drive became gradually slower and harder in the last few days?"
What actually went wrong to begin with? Can you answer the other questions I asked earlier?
"Is it making any strange noises? Does it occasionally click or spin down and then up again? Does it even spin? If it is, try to be as descriptive as possible. It may sound daft but a hard drive that beeps will have a different issue than one that squeaks.
Has it had any traumas recently? Knocked? Dropped? Set on fire? Also, did you notice that accessing the drive became gradually slower and harder in the last few days?"
markjason
October 17, 2014 7:18:04 AM
Gradualbling said:
Woo! Now we're cooking with gas. Right! Look at the label on the front of the drive. Does it say something like "WD10EACS" or "WD10EARS" or something similar?
The plastic case you took it out of, was it a "MyBook" or Western digital branded?
Im not sure im at work at the moment till 11pm tonight i can give details then
Gradualbling
October 17, 2014 7:04:34 AM
markjason
October 17, 2014 7:00:18 AM
Gradualbling
October 17, 2014 6:58:06 AM
Gradualbling
October 17, 2014 6:56:17 AM
markjason
October 17, 2014 6:51:26 AM
Overview:
This is an external USB to 2.5" SATA Hard Drive HDD cable, it will allow you to combined a 2.5" SATA HDD or SSD to be an external Hard drive. The Dual USB designed will provide you high speed data transfer rates and 5V power stable power source from the USB connector, use the USB to 2.5" SATA HDD cable to connect the 2.5" SATA HDD upto the computer. No extra power required, Support hot-swap, plug and play.
markjason
October 17, 2014 6:45:59 AM
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