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Kwai_Chang_Kain
Joined: 16 Feb 2005
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 Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 9:01 pm Post subject: Hard drive issues |
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| Today my external Western Digital Caviar SE 320GB hard drive which I bought in Yongsan about 2 months ago started making this weird clicking noise and won't connect to my computer. Anybody have any clue as to what's wrong or where I might be able to find an english speaking service center to have someone look at it? Thanks. |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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Take it back where you bought it. They will repalce it for you pronto.
Can you enter the BIOS? What does it say in there? Are you sure the noise is the HDD and not the power supply? |
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Kwai_Chang_Kain
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 3:24 am Post subject: |
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| Demophobe wrote: |
Take it back where you bought it. They will repalce it for you pronto.
Can you enter the BIOS? What does it say in there? Are you sure the noise is the HDD and not the power supply? |
How do I enter the BIOS?
I checked to see if the noise was coming from the hard drive and it is. |
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StAxX SOuL
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: London
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:53 am Post subject: |
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Its a mechanical failure... or at least the HD is on its way to one...
Occasionally External HDs go a little haywire and its nothing to worry about... you've got to reset it by unplugging it totally, then plugging the power back in, and then plug the USB back in... |
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Kwai_Chang_Kain
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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| StAxX SOuL wrote: |
Its a mechanical failure... or at least the HD is on its way to one...
Occasionally External HDs go a little haywire and its nothing to worry about... you've got to reset it by unplugging it totally, then plugging the power back in, and then plug the USB back in... |
Holy crap that actually worked!!! Thanks a lot!  |
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Demophobe
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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Argh! ....didn't read the OP carefully.
External...ugh. 
Still, exchange the drive... |
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StAxX SOuL
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 3:46 am Post subject: |
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Glad I could be of help.
| Demophobe wrote: |
Argh! ....didn't read the OP carefully.
External...ugh.
Still, exchange the drive... |
Why would you exchange the drive when it's a USB driver issue, totally unrelated to the drive. |
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Demophobe
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| Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:01 am Post subject: |
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| StAxX SOuL wrote: |
Glad I could be of help.
Why would you exchange the drive when it's a USB driver issue, totally unrelated to the drive. |
I wouldn't. |
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