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Posted 09 January 2006 - 12:56 PM
hi, im having problems with my external hard drive. it will not power up, then i plug it in and turn it on all i hear is a ticking sound. its maxtor hard drive
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problems with external hard drive
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Posted 09 January 2006 - 08:59 PM
Not enough power. What power supply are you using?
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Posted 09 January 2006 - 09:11 PM
Ticking sound could also be a heavy damaged drive too. Do you have warranty on the drive? If so return it, if not; open the external housing and take out the drive to test it inside a normal computer (unless it’s a 2.5", then you need to buy an adaptor from 2.5" to 3.5").
Good luck
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Posted 10 January 2006 - 03:15 AM
puntoMX, on Jan 10 2006, 04:11 AM, said:
Ticking sound could also be a heavy damaged drive too. Do you have warranty on the drive? If so return it, if not; open the external housing and take out the drive to test it inside a normal computer (unless it’s a 2.5", then you need to buy an adaptor from 2.5" to 3.5").
Good luck
Good luck
I agree, ticking sound don't sound good, it could be disk malfunction. How old is it, do you have guarantee for this disk?
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Posted 11 January 2006 - 10:19 AM
i took it out of the caseing and installed it into my pc, it works perfectly. so i think il just keep it in there
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