Question about LaCie Computers & Internet
SOURCE: LaCie d2 Quadra drive... not showing up on PC after working on a MAC
You need to make sure the drive is formatted for the PC. The Mac will read and write to a FAT32 partition, but the PC cannot see a Mac formatted drive as you have seen.
The only problem is that there is a 32Gb limit per partition for FAT32 drives.
It's not ideal but it's the best you can do easily.
Posted on Jan 13, 2008
SOURCE: How to format the LaCie 500GB d2 Quadra for Windows XP??
This way it should work...
Connect your drive to the computer...
Go to: Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer management.
A new window will appear...
Select Storage > Disk management on the left of the window.
Now you will see the different drives that are connected or part of your system.
One of the drives listed there is your LaCie, i think you'll recognize it by name...
Right-click on it, and select 'format'
In the new window, select the new volume label (as you like it), the file system (use NTFS), and set allocation unit size to default.
Make sure 'Perform a quick format' is not checked...
Then click OK. Your drive will be formatted now... Don't interrupt the process
Posted on Mar 31, 2008
SOURCE: power cord buzzes and MACPro does not recognize it
This is a fault in the power supply itself, I have just repaired one of these power supplies successfully.
The fault is caused by the failure of the filter capacitors on the 12V supply rail, and if the power supply is left connected to the mains supply (In our case 240V 50Hz) without the drive connected as a load, the unloaded output voltage will exceed the voltage rating of the capacitors, causing their failure. The failed capacitors had very obvious bulges at the top, and one was beginning to leak onto the PCB.
The filter capacitors on the 12V supply rail are rated at 16V, and the cpacitors on the 5V rail are rated at 10V, and when operated without a load, the 12V rail rises to approximately 19V, and the 5V rail rises to approximately 8V. All output filter capacitors are 1000uF, and 105deg C temperature rated.
I repaired my power supply by replacing all of the filter capacitors on the DC low voltage output rails with 1000uF 25V capacitors. Be careful to only fit the 105 deg C rated caps, as they operate at elevated temperatures in an enclosed environment with no ventillation to cool the power supply.
To ensure that the repair was reliable, I also replaced the filter capacitor on the 5V rail with the same 1000uF 25V, even though that capacitor showed no immediate signs of failure.
When reassembling the power supply, care must be taken to ensure that parts like the ferrite cored transformer are thermally bonded to the aluminium heatsink with a smear of heatsink compound.
When the power supply was first powered up following repair, everything was normal, the green power LED came on as usual, the supply outputs both came up OK, and the unit was not making any buzzing sounds, completely silent. The HDD now operated as normal when once again powered from this power supply.
This was the fix for my particular LaCie power supply model ACU057A-0512, and the supply once again works normally.
Tim,
Brisbane Australia.
Posted on Apr 12, 2009
SOURCE: Lacie Hard Drive not being recognized on computer
If you are running Vista, You might be one of many people who are
reporting an update that is causing some buggy behavior. Try this:
Connect the drive but do not Format the drive, right click 'my
computer' then 'manage' go to 'storage/disk management' view the
drives; your usb drive will not be allocated a drive letter. You can
set one manually or leave it for about 2~5 minutes for one to be
allocated auto. Each time you connect the drive you may have to do
this.
Posted on Oct 11, 2009
SOURCE: my lacie is making clicking noise like clock
Hello
Have a look at the link below, it should be of help.
Click HERE to navigate.
Please feel free to let me know of you have any further questions.
Kind regards
Lock123
Posted on Dec 08, 2010
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