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Discussion in 'Storage and Networking' started by shanetome, Jul 29, 2009.

  1. shanetome Newcomer, in training

    Hi Im terry, and am new to the community, and as with most people here I have a problem that I cant put right. I have a 1 tb external toshiba hard drive, and until this morning, it worked fine, but now when I switch it on the red led that normally turns blue, flashes blue instead, and the compouter does not recognise it at all. HELP Please !!!!!
    shanetome, Jul 29, 2009
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  2. Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 18,731   +62

    The external drives power supply (or AC adapter) could have failed
    Tmagic650, Aug 1, 2009
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  3. shanetome Newcomer, in training

    that does not tally, as the led lights are still on, surely if power supply had failed, there would be no lights
    shanetome, Aug 1, 2009
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  4. Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 18,731   +62

    The LED's are usually powered by 5 volts. The drive requires 5 and 12 volts to operate... You could be missing the 12 volts... Now does that tally? See if you can go to Toshiba's support site for help with this. Is the external drive still under vwarranty?
    Tmagic650, Aug 1, 2009
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