WD Passport 80 gig problem

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by Mr_Del, Aug 15, 2007.

  1. Mr_Del

    Mr_Del Regular member

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    I fixed it. Here is what I did. I opened the thing up to see what the HDD was. Its a SATA 2.5 (Didnt know they came that way) Well I tested it out one last time while open and it worked.

    There is foil wrapped on it where the plug goes in. For some reason if that foil is on the drive wont work. So I put it back together without the foil in place and now it works.

    Thanks for the tips. Oh yeah I replaced the USB cable with a fresh one laying around the house. Now it runs off only one cable, no need to use a second for more power.

    -Del
     
  2. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    Fair enough, I can't think what the foil could be for...
     

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