Yes I believe this is cause by leaving the cable plugged in when taking it on trips.
OPEN MAXTOR PERSONAL STORAGE 3200 CASE CRACK
I've had exactly the same problem as the OP, I think the USB connector may have worn out so I'm going to crack the case open. Its a USB Hard drive, I am talking about taking the hard drive out of the plastic case but thanks for your reply. If it's the Molex connector, rectangular with four rather large pins and located at the righthand side of the rear of the drive, it's PATA, otherwise it's SATA. Special Case 2 - For the ASUS PCE-AC88 AC3100 the steps are.
The easy way to tell whether a drive is PATA or SATA is to examine its power connector. Type devmgmt.msc in the field box and hit Enter to open Device Manager. FOR SALE Maxtor Personal Storage 3200 External Hard Drive 100GB No Power. I am pretty Sure I do not have one on my motherboard, I have old ones that do laying around but finding all the parts to assemble a computer would be hard as I just moved. MAXTOR PERSONAL STORAGE 3200 External Hard Drive 100GB No Power Cord - 19.99. Instead, they simply replace the drive with a new one.ĮDIT: This is based on more than 20 years' experience with a major drive manufacturer which is now part of Seagate.Īre you sure you do not have one legacy PATA port? Most motherboards keep one for the CD or just to have one. Repair can only be done by the manufacturer - and they don't do it. Once that seal is broken, the heads WILL crash within a very few seconds of applying power. The case then gets an airtight seal to keep out any contamination. They must be assembled in clean rooms where no dust particles large enough to get between the head and the surface can exist. All hard drives relay on "flying" heads, which fly only a few millionths of an inch above the disk surface. Opening the drive case will destroy the drive. Any1 got experience in repairing these or know if the hard drive is SATA?The easy way to tell whether a drive is PATA or SATA is to examine its power connector.
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