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lorellei
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:54 pm    Post subject: Hard Drive Issues Reply with quote

Hmm... this is very unlike me to ask for help.
Where to begin...

Right, i keep MxO, various other games etc on an External Hard Drive, however its been recently acting up (hence lack of being ingame).
This HD has a light on front that shows power, data transfer etc. However this light has been... blinking, aka it flicks on and off every second with a clicking noise that sounds like the HD isn't starting up plus it isn't being read or anything
You think its dead?
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forgot to mention that i plugged it back in on the 21st at around 11pm, and it still hasn't started up by the time this is posted
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If it is anything like my external drive it gets power from the USB cable.. but also has an additional point for external power.. I was having the same problem.

The fix for me was plugging in the external power as well. It seems the USB cable can only provide so much power, I found that my drive was so full the USB alone could not provide enough power to allow the drive to work properly.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mine has to be plugged in via the power point, otherwise... nadda
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

In that case unless you already have I would go to their website (If they have one) and search FAQ in case someone has had similar issues.
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