Seagate 9w3638-556 100 gig usb drive working fine then blop front led is just blinking

I can only comment generically:

I would try to uninstall the drive on the OS. Then re-start the computer. After the re-start, connect the drive and see if the drive re-installs itself.

If the error persists, then the drive is indicating failure. To absolutely verify if it has failed, take the drive to a store where there are MAC computers and try the drive on one of their computers to see if it works.

A continuous flashing LED on most devices where the LED does not normally continuously flash is an indication of a failure of the device. Some devices will flash an error code when designed to do so, and if possible.

Jerry G.

try another oprating system

***Please NOTE***
Touch the drive and put your ear to it, to test if the drive is spinning and working. Do this while it is powered on. Also, try disconnecting the USB cable, reboot the computer, re-connect USB cable to another USB port on computer. If you still have the same issue, try the below solutions.

• Make sure the computer and external hard drive are powered on.
• Disconnect the external drive's USB or the eSATA cable, which ever one you're using.
  
• Disconnect the power supply plug from the external drive.
• Power off the computer.
• Disconnect the computer's power supply cord for 60 seconds.
• Reconnect the computer.
• Power on the computer.
• Connect the power supply to the external drive.
• Connect the drive's USB or the eSATA cable and check for detection.

If the still no detection and still blinking lights on the drive, check the power supply to the drive.
Check to see what the led light on the power supply is doing.
If it's blinking, power down the drive, unplug data cable and then reconnect the power supply to another electrical outlet. If it still blinks repeatedly, then you power supply is bad.
If the led is solid (lit and not blinking) follow the same steps from above to connect it to another outlet.
Next, plug the power supply to the external drive and power it up.
If the power supply starts to blink repeatedly, then your controller board inside the enclosure is bad.

Thank you for the opportunity to help you.

just install seagate free agent using this link

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Ok, you didn't say if the drive had data or not? Anyway, if it is a drive with no data etc, you will first need to Initialize, & Format the drive before use. Is there any way you can connect it up to an "Internal" or "External" SATA port, & "See" if the drive is recognized, then at least you know the drive is OK.. Also try another USB port if available. If you know it is OK, then go to device manager and Uninstall the entire USB layer, reboot, it will re-install the USB again, with default settings, it NOW may be "Seen".

i think you have to connect the slave HDD on a separated cables (data & Power) and also check your power supply abilities for handling all you devices (HDD's and others)

Your computer must have a firewire connection.

I've seen this happen with hubs being connected to external hard drives before.

Do you have a free usb port on the back of your computer you can plug it into?

That should fix the problem.

If you plug it in to a hub try plugging it in to a USB port directly instead, one on the front or rear of the PC.

Hi,

The blinking light indicates something is happening to know open :

http://seagate.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/seagate.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1600

And check the power cord and try with the known good power cord.

You can check this :

http://seagate.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/seagate.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=4996&p_created=1194886713&p_sid=SzkLKr3j&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_lva=1600&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MTg0LDE4NCZwX3Byb2RzPTQxMCw0MjEsNDYxLDQ2NSw1MDgmcF9jYXRzPSZwX3B2PTUuNTA4JnBfY3Y9JnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9YW5zd2Vycy5zZWFyY2hfbmwmcF9wYWdlPTE*&p_li=&p_topview=1

Good Luck.

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