I bought a LaCie external hard drive in the USA in 1996 (plus or minus one year). I now live in Australia. I'm trying to find out whether it runs on 240V as well as 110V, or whether I'll need a step down transformer. The drive has nothing written on the outside of it, no serial number that I can find, but it does say FCC ID: GZJ-QDRIVEII and copyright 1994. It has SCSI connectors.
SOURCE: LaCie 500 GB hard Drive - does not register on my desktop
if it is a USB (or you have low disc space), it does take longer to show up on desktop and patience is required... on my iBook it takes over a minute for my Brick to show up... Whether it is USB or firewire, do try another cord (I had similar problem with my lacie firewire external... I used a different firewire cord and all was fine. If you have tried these already, I hope you find the answer... good luck
Posted on Jun 10, 2007
SOURCE: external hard drive
500Gb Lacie D2 Quadra with the same problem of flashing led and not
mounting on the desktop (Mac G4 Mirror), traced to the power supply
(57w) going down on power, both 12v and 5v supplies are available but
the main power to run the drive drops to below an adequate output,
hence the clicking and whirring evident from the drive with
simultaneous flashing led.
Testing with another Lacie power supply (250Gb D2) this time a 34w unit
got the drive up and running, however, and this is the reason for this
post, this lower power PSU failed a week later whilst waiting for a
warranty replacement from Lacie (5 weeks and still waiting for the new
PSU from them. they have no stock)
Message for all Lacie D2 users, check the power supplies first, test
with another Lacie PSU, do not run the drive on a lower rating (34w)
PSU it will fry it and leave you with another failed power supply.
If you are in a tight spot use the temporary power supply to move your
data to another drive and get the correct 57w power supply before
running the drive again.
Don't do as I did assume any Lacie power supply will run any Lacie hard
drive, they won't, fortunately I had a second back up, but am 2 drives
down and no new PSU's available to buy anywhere.
Try and purchase another spare 57w power supply, something all D2 users
should do for long term security, as these do not seem to be very
reliable and getting warranty support from Lacie on these is currently
impossible.
The lack of 57w power supplies from Lacie and its distributors across the world is surely a warning to be noted!!!!!!
Buyers beware!
Posted on Sep 08, 2008
SOURCE: What power supply does Lacie 160GB external hard drive use?
Although not sold at Best Buy™, there are available adapters/cables to
make this transfer possible. I recommend using a search engine to find
"firewire to usb." Hopefully this will give you the results you need.
Rhiecksboy
Posted on Oct 15, 2008
SOURCE: Francis Francis X3 voltage
hello. The electrical power used in most of Japan is very similar to that of the USA. The difference is that Japan uses 100 volts as opposed to our 110. Therefore, most electrical appliances, blow dryers, etc will work equally well in Japan and in the USA.
Since you are in Australia now, use the same adapter for your expresso machine as you use for other small appliances and you should be fine.
Posted on Sep 13, 2009
SOURCE: Francis Francis X3 voltage
Easiest way to tell is to open the machine and look at the pump or other electrical parts they will have a voltage rating stamped on them.
Posted on Sep 17, 2009
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