External Hard Drive Enclosure Power issues

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I have a 200gb Maxtor hd, that i placed in an external comp-usa
enclosure, and Ive been using it for the last few months. All of a
sudden, last week the enclosure stopped powering up, leading me to
believe that either the case was dead or the harddrive. So I bought a
new enclosure, of far inferior quality, but even that one did not power
up either.
By the way, both enclosures are powered with a plug-in-to-wall power
cable, not usb.

So, hoping that my hd wasnt dead, I tested the hard drive in an
internal setup in my alienware tower, and it works fine. thankfully.

So i have centered the problem on a power issue, and I have tested both
enclosures in different sockets around my house. Any reccomendations on
what to do?
thanks

Jim
 
I have a 200gb Maxtor hd, that i placed in an external comp-usa
enclosure, and Ive been using it for the last few months. All of a
sudden, last week the enclosure stopped powering up, leading me to
believe that either the case was dead or the harddrive. So I bought a
new enclosure, of far inferior quality, but even that one did not
power up either.
By the way, both enclosures are powered with a plug-in-to-wall power
cable, not usb.

So, hoping that my hd wasnt dead, I tested the hard drive in an
internal setup in my alienware tower, and it works fine. thankfully.

So i have centered the problem on a power issue, and I have tested
both enclosures in different sockets around my house. Any
reccomendations on what to do?
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Buy a better external case if you must have it in an external case.
 
Previously said:
I have a 200gb Maxtor hd, that i placed in an external comp-usa
enclosure, and Ive been using it for the last few months. All of a
sudden, last week the enclosure stopped powering up, leading me to
believe that either the case was dead or the harddrive. So I bought a
new enclosure, of far inferior quality, but even that one did not power
up either.
By the way, both enclosures are powered with a plug-in-to-wall power
cable, not usb.
Click to expand...
So, hoping that my hd wasnt dead, I tested the hard drive in an
internal setup in my alienware tower, and it works fine. thankfully.
Click to expand...
So i have centered the problem on a power issue, and I have tested both
enclosures in different sockets around my house. Any reccomendations on
what to do?
thanks
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The disk may have trouble spinning up and drawing too much power
on start-up as a consequence. Have a look into the SMART
attributes. There is one for spin-up time (or the like).
If it looks suspicious, you disk may have a problem.

Arno
 
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