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PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 9:57 am 
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Well I believe my power supply is stuffed on my external hdd. Because the red/yellow light just keeps blinking on and off constantly and I've googled it and either the actual hard drive is stuffed or my power supply is stuffed. I'm going with the power supply though, as I did switch boards earlier and I plugged my amplifier into the same double adapter as the hard drive. Anyway..

Would it be safe to break the case off the hard drive and try plugging it into the computer? I see no screws or anything particular in being able to get it out an easy way (It's a Lacie Porsche Design 320gb) so this seems to be the only way. And then from there could I plug it into an IDE port spare in my computer and still treat it as another hard drive?

Any help from you guys is much appreciated. :)

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 Post subject: Re: Would it be safe - External HDD
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legend_killer1 wrote:
Well I believe my power supply is stuffed on my external hdd. Because the red/yellow light just keeps blinking on and off constantly and I've googled it and either the actual hard drive is stuffed or my power supply is stuffed. I'm going with the power supply though, as I did switch boards earlier and I plugged my amplifier into the same double adapter as the hard drive. Anyway..

Would it be safe to break the case off the hard drive and try plugging it into the computer? I see no screws or anything particular in being able to get it out an easy way (It's a Lacie Porsche Design 320gb) so this seems to be the only way. And then from there could I plug it into an IDE port spare in my computer and still treat it as another hard drive?

Any help from you guys is much appreciated. :)

I have no idea.

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 Post subject: Re: Would it be safe - External HDD
PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:15 pm 
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cutuphalfdead wrote:
I have no idea.


:lol: Me either! Thanks for the helpful information! :lol:

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 Post subject: Re: Would it be safe - External HDD
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Yes, try that or buy another case.

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Just an update, I did it a few days ago and everything worked out fine, turns out it was a faulty power supply, so now I got a spare case and faulty power supply.

Thanks psychobain!

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 Post subject: Re: Would it be safe - External HDD
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Was it you who was after some Pearl Jam shows in the n00b thread posted? If you want anything I can help you out. :)

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 Post subject: Re: Would it be safe - External HDD
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