Lacie 500 gb making clicking sound. It is not being recognised by My Computer. When connected to PC the lacie seems to stop or slow down other pc programs. have tried disconnecting the power supply from the lacie and reconnectin. No Joy. Seemed to freeze while copying music files from 'C' drive (My documents) to lacie external device.
Any suggestions worth trying?
Jim
I had a power cut while the drive was seeking to restore a digi file - now it just keeps seeking and will not appear on the desktop and non of the utility programs (Diswarrior Drive Genius) see it?
I had a power cut while the drive was seeking to restore a digi file - now it just keeps seeking and will not appear on the desktop and non of the utility programs (Diswarrior Drive Genius) see it?
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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!!!!!!
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1. the usb connector in the PC may have a broken board contact needs soldering or replacement. 2. there may be a broken USB cord to the external usb drive 3. the electronic controller in the USB case may not be working. 4. A new case may be needed with a new controller.
Orange light and clicking noise sounds like the hard drive has failed.
The enclosure should still be good so if you can open it and replace the hard driver you will be back in business.
Check your BIOS > StartUp sequence Maybe the USB boot option has much higher priority that HDD boot. Try exchanging their priority and then reboot, with your external HD connected to pc.
inside there is a usb and data port attache in hard drive. some time thise port may be damage and also usb cable which we connect on computer may be damage. we came to know after changing two thing ,change one by one to check,
Go for it. There's a chance the internal drive will be PATA (IDE) but odds are good it's a SATA drive with standard connections.
Make sure your PC has connections for SATA drives, and you'll need to buy a SATA cable since the one in the LaCIE case won't connect from your drive to your motherboard.
Sounds like the power supply in the external case has gone bad (or going bad)...
If you have another external case, AND the drive itself is not damaged, you can move the drive to an external case.. Alternately, depending on the connection (IDE/SATA) you can move the drive internally to your computer.
You're not missing any step at all, because with SATA hard drive if its really working your computer should automatically detect it and since this hard drive suddenly stop working there's a possibility that its already fried but if you want you can try this hard drive again to a different computer and if still not detected by second computer its already dead.........
I had a power cut while the drive was seeking to restore a digi file - now it just keeps seeking and will not appear on the desktop and non of the utility programs (Diswarrior Drive Genius) see it?
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