Drive not showing up on my desktop
My Lacie hard drive is not showing up on my desktop. It was working on yesterday but today its not showing up @ all. Can you please help me out. thanks
Computers & Internet - LaCie - 500GB d2 Quadra 500 GB USB 2.0 Hard Drive
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I'm not sure i can solve this problem--which started for me tonight as well with my lacie d2 quadra 500 gb--but i can share a possible explanation i've found online: apparently, they have lots of problems with their power supplies. see if the power adapter (the black brick) is making a hissing sound, or if there is a ticking sound coming from the drive itself. i have both these sounds. i am hoping all my data is safe and that my i.t dept. will be able to fix it with a new power supply on monday.
well, my problem was indeed a faulty power supply. my i.t dept. tried a couple of lacie power bricks they had lying around, and then took one out of an unopened quadra d2 box, and it worked like a charm. hopefully, it won't repeat.
My Quadra d2 500 shows a blue light and is making a rythmic clunk, not the normal whirr. It does not show up on my desktop - is all lost? I have many photos on it and thought that this was a good professional hard disk. Anyone with a solution?
Hi , you are right, I went to the Mac repair shop, they tested the powersupply, and it didn't supply enough power, it causes the harddisk to make a kind of klicking sound, because it is trying to start up. A new power supply is orderd. They didn't sell them seperate at this shop.