I would like to find out the voltage and amperage of the simpletech 500gb external hard drive, I need to replace the power cord. thanks alot greg holland [email protected]

Hi, I think I found one for you 5V AC DC power adapter for SIMPLETECH 96200 41001 075 250GB USB hard... . If it is correct, it is OK to just find ANY power cord with Output Voltage: 5 Volts DC and Amperage: 1 Amps. It just need to fit in.

I believe that you would be ok. Voltage has to be "Spot on." Amperage, however, needs to "meet or exceed." Think of Voltage as pushing something into something. Think of Amperage as pulling something out of something. It won't draw more amps than it needs, even if they are available. Allow me to thank you for including the powerpayless website as until your post I didn't know what voltage I was looking for. Exactly the same thing happened to me with my SimpleTech 1TB. Perhaps we both solved eachother's problems. PS: I'm going to check with Radio Shack for a 12v adaptor with at least 3.5 Amp capacity. They might can beat the $30.00 which is what the above mentioned place gets including shipping.

Try to find a replacement on ebay, amazon, or contact Simpletech Support.

I THINK THERE IS NO POWER ADAPTER COMES WITH THIS DIVICE IT ACTUALLY PULLS IN POWER FROM USB U JUST NEED TO FIND THE POWEWR CABLE FROM THE USB .

You may have a power supply that is defective or is failing. Try another power supply, 12V, 2A, center pin positive.

replace all elctrical leads to your hard drive aswell as IDE,SATA leads from your motherboard to hard drive

The output of your adapter is 12volts 1.5amps the outside terminal is negative polarity and your connector looks like this (see below)
There are two options of adapter (see below) both will work


EBAY Search for your adapter

Hello.
It sounds like you might have a problem with the power supply.
I have seen MANY external hard drives with failing power supplies. Take it to the store you purchased it from for a check up, it should still be under warrantee if its only 3 months old.
Good Luck!

please try to check your external hard drive if theres a problem aside on the cord connecting to pc...

Actually the simpletech dosent need power adapters so u dont need to check for adapters and if you are connecting to usb2 port the power should be embaded so just connect the single usb cable not the both if using usb 1 then connect the both usb cable to usb port if u have already done this please try to change the usb cables wich is connecting the hdd and the pc something wrog in the cable for sure
thanks