Western Digital My Book Essential Edition (WDG1U5000N) 500 GB Hard Drive "not power" Questions

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not power on all cords plugged in as usual, the Ego will not "light up" no power The obvious answer is that the power supply is dead. If there is no external power supply connected then try connecting

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...not power up. no sign of life in unit. Blue power light on front of unit does not come on. Disk does not spin up. Have checked leads When you say 'checked leads' does this mean you checked to see if ...

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...not power up The obvious answer is that the power supply is dead. If there is no external power supply connected then try connecting to an external powered usb hub. The drive is not getting power and ...

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...it spins the disk, but as soon as I release the power button, it shuts down. The blue power light does not turn on. maybe the power button is done thats what it sounds like not keeping the power ...

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...not supply power to devices or charge an external device like a cell phone.  The hub must be of the powered variety and plug into the wall before you can use it for things like this.TIP:Get two ...

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...not powering any of the fans or any of the hdd's A bad power supply can cause this. The 12 volt rail could be dead and not powering the hard drive and fans, but the 5 and 3 volt rails are good and ...

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...meet the exact power requirements. and also would explain why your drive is now not recognised. Power Supply. Does this mean the Hard Drive is now useless or can something still be done to fix it

...not know how to power it on how to turn power on or off? also why is power indicator flashing? and how to fix it? some external drive have power switch that you can power on and off. some do not. you ...

not detected, power down the hard drive and connect the cable to a different port. Power up the drive. If the drive is detected but not working, check for a missing driver. Click on the "Start" button

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...not power up I cannot get the hard drive to power up. It is plugged ito a power source and plugged into the computer like normal. No power on the device and it does not repond try another usb cable ...

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