External Hard Drive Issue.... help? (1 Viewer)

[ernesto]

i have a 3.5" external hard drive for which ive bought two usb cases for. its blown the power unit on both of em and im sure if i buy another itll do the same. whats going on there? is there a short on the PCB or what? anyone know a way i can get shit off the drive / stop it from continually breaking caddies?

cheers,
Ern

 

[pete]

hook it up as an internal drive in (someone else's) PC?

 

[ernesto]

Maybe, but I'd be afraid I'd break their 'puter

 

[pete]

worst case scenario they'd have to replace their PSU, or a fuse in it

possibly

the important thing to do would be to feign ignorance

 

[Theseus Mock]

i have a 3.5" external hard drive for which ive bought two usb cases for. its blown the power unit on both of em and im sure if i buy another itll do the same. whats going on there? is there a short on the PCB or what? anyone know a way i can get shit off the drive / stop it from continually breaking caddies?

cheers,
Ern

I don't see how the HD would be the problem here (i.e. I wouldn't have any worries about plugging it into a computer directly via sata).

It sounds like whatever power transformer supplied with the USB caddies is rated too high. Or else the PCB is of suspect quality.

 

[ernesto]

Both caddies were rated fine and connected via sata to usb.

Very confused altogether