Apologies (I sincerely thought I was writing in a search field...) My question was whether anyone had made comments explicitly detailing failures of hard-drive power (transformers, cables, etc) I've had LaCie hard-drives which have suffered from similar issues which customer feedback was consistent with this issue. Apologies (I sincerely thought I was writing in a search field...) My question was whether anyone had made comments explicitly detailing failures of hard-drive power (transformers, cables, etc)... » Read More Apologies (I sincerely thought I was writing in a search field...) My question was whether anyone had made comments explicitly detailing failures of hard-drive power (transformers, cables, etc) I've had LaCie hard-drives which have suffered from similar issues which customer feedback was consistent with this issue. « Show Less
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I've had mine ever since they came out early on, and Its has been turned on ever since I purchased it. Through out my years of experience, turning the hard drives off/on is more harm full than just leaving it on. I would say that my WD My Book 2TB has been on since I originally plugged it up. Do not by Seagate or Matrox. WD never gives up on me or at work. However, connect it up to a UPS black out , power strikes, and brown outs will hurt the drive worse than anything else you can allow to happen. Good Luck
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What sort of a question is that? Please reform your words into an actual question and I will answer for you.
42496
Sorry, I'm not sure what you're asking? If hard drives fail due to power issues..? If so, it's possible.
27160
OMG, NO! We had one fail without notice and it was a major problem. We thought the dual drive on ours would be a safe backup system, but the entire drive failed. A service company worked on it and we were fortunate to retrieve most of the data, but it was a very close call and expensive. Now we have TWO separate backup drives on all systems.
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The device I bought was from LaCie, which is currently at the Seagate lab right now because they're attempting to recover my data. I don't know if LaCie's a part of Seagate or not. I'm assuming it is. I wish I could tell you more.
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Don't know, mine failed after 90 days. Not sure 3rd-party units are ready for prime time; OE units in laptops, etc. seem to be OK. If data is critical, stick to proven tech: mechanical HDs. Sometimes older is better.
1412783
I just got off the phone with a tech support guy who walked me with great patience though download and installing new drivers, etc. Noluck. He's sending out shipping info. I inquired about whether it'll be a new machine or a repair, and he indicated that they might just fix a driver problem or replace a bad card. He seemed rather certain they wouldn't be sending a new machine.Thanks for your suggestions about the personal info. I have done a backup and can remove anything personal and restore later.
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My drive wouldn't mount on most of my computers, and would hammer and click for a while before showing up on one. Another computer started working just fine, so I just used it there, but the drive letters started switching all around before it just wouldn't mount anymore. I opened it up, very difficult to do, thinking I'd be able to mount and recover the data but it looks like won't be that easy. I'd try another computer, and take your data off it and consider it unreliable
1128356
Did you replace your hard drive. I am interested in doing the same thing. Thanks!!
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I've used mine full power for nearly a year now, and there is some signs of oil build-up on the cover. the real issue is the fan bearings failing. actually, the real issue is getting a fully-functional product back from MSI on an RMA. I'm on my 3rd attempt at it, and it all started with a minor inconvenience of the fans not starting, they needed a push to start.
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I was running it with a 430w PS, and in only 2 days, my PS literally fried. I was running nearly the same # of drives as you listed...
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i am sorry,but i don't know that much about computers. to my knowledge the system you inquired about is not on my laptop, but then, shortly after aquiring my unit, it was plagued with massive faults, and i had to have it 's systems gone through profesionally to get it back to working status.
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Actually, no. And ours totally failed within a couple of months of casual use. The company sent another power supply but that was not the issue and we just gave up on it
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M_ENGLE and DUSTY comments contradicts what Bob commented...I want to use this device for load testing and confirm the condition of any battery......who am i to be believe now, because am about to place order.
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After the system failed noted that the transformer was fried. Bought a new one (expensive). Didn't help and appeared that the motherboard was also damaged. Also very expensive. In theory, the system is sexy .. in reality it is expensive and undependable. We abandoned the idea before it sucked up more money ... the cell was replaced, the transformer was replace, the motherboard needed replaced .. about all that was worth keeping was the metal box that held the board & transformer. I wouldn't recommend the system to any one I know.
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I actually had a bad drive that because of the simplicity of this device I popped in to see if I would have any better luck reading. The answer was no it behaved like you expected any hard drive to act installed in your system. It has no error correction capabilities any different than an internal hard drive on your system. If error correction could/or would be possible it would have to be something running/installed in your O/S
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I have heard of this issue in ASUS laptops, but have not experienced any kind of Drive failures in mine. Though Ive only had mine for a little over a year now. Sorry to hear about that, hopefully you can recover the data.
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I've had one of these for a year & a half now. For most of that time I've had five USB powered drives (Two SimpleTech, and three Seagates) plugged into it with no problem, as well as at least four other externally powered USB drives and various flash drives.That said, today, when I went to save a file I was working on, I found the drive was missing. In fact, all the USB powered drives plugged into it were not spinning. Not sure if it's the unit itself or just the power adapter, but either way, I now need a replacement.
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Unfortunately, I think the warranty needs to be purchased ahead of time. So far my hard drive is doing alright (knock on wood). If you did order from Amazon.com perhaps they have a warranty??? Sorry, hope things work out!!!