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Linelle Lane
I apologize in advance for the length of this, but it's driving me crazy:
I have two Western Digital ext. 120-gig FireWire drives. One is at work,
about 1 year old. The second is at home, about a month newer. Both were easy
to setup and, until a few days ago, were trouble-free. The work unit is on
basically all the time, while the one at home is only on when the computer
is on. Both drives are used only occasionally.
Two days ago, the work unit started making random spin-up noises and
clicking, even though I wasn't accessing it at all. When I checked drives on
My Computer, the drive did not show. I called tech support, could not get it
back up running, declared it dead, and said, try it out at home and see if
it works there.
Took the work drive home. Unplugged the home unit, plugged in the work unit
and Work came up just fine. Unplugged Work and replugged Home...now Home
won't come on. I get a red light on the read/write light, and a pale green
light on the right, and no spin-up/clicking sounds.
Nothing is making sense anymore, so I bring home the power supply from the
Work unit. Neither drive will respond to it, giving the same red/green
lights as above. But, my Work unit will function fine if plugged into the
Home power supply.
I'm at a loss here. Why would both units act up on the same day, in
different locations? Could it be something to do with the power cord
supplied with each unit? Are they that prone to failure? It would make sense
if both units worked on one power cord and neither on another. I'm totally
baffled. Fortunately, I have good backups, but I'm not happy right now with
these drives.
Thanks for any insight into this.
I have two Western Digital ext. 120-gig FireWire drives. One is at work,
about 1 year old. The second is at home, about a month newer. Both were easy
to setup and, until a few days ago, were trouble-free. The work unit is on
basically all the time, while the one at home is only on when the computer
is on. Both drives are used only occasionally.
Two days ago, the work unit started making random spin-up noises and
clicking, even though I wasn't accessing it at all. When I checked drives on
My Computer, the drive did not show. I called tech support, could not get it
back up running, declared it dead, and said, try it out at home and see if
it works there.
Took the work drive home. Unplugged the home unit, plugged in the work unit
and Work came up just fine. Unplugged Work and replugged Home...now Home
won't come on. I get a red light on the read/write light, and a pale green
light on the right, and no spin-up/clicking sounds.
Nothing is making sense anymore, so I bring home the power supply from the
Work unit. Neither drive will respond to it, giving the same red/green
lights as above. But, my Work unit will function fine if plugged into the
Home power supply.
I'm at a loss here. Why would both units act up on the same day, in
different locations? Could it be something to do with the power cord
supplied with each unit? Are they that prone to failure? It would make sense
if both units worked on one power cord and neither on another. I'm totally
baffled. Fortunately, I have good backups, but I'm not happy right now with
these drives.
Thanks for any insight into this.