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SATA drive didn't work, now it does. Do they have surge protection?

  • 23-03-2011 12:09pm
    #1
    WaterWolf
    Registered Users Posts: 75 ✭✭


    Hello, my friend gave me their Western Digital external harddrive to see if I could fix it as it wasn't working for them. Someone had plugged the wrong power cable into it and after that it wouldn't power on.

    I tried it and it did indeed not power on. I took it apart, and took the harddrive out of it. It's a standard 3.5 inch SATA drive. I put it all back together again and it still wouldn't power on.

    I took the drive out of the case again and this time stuck it in my PC. I pressed the power button on the PC to turn it on - the power LED in the front of the PC gave a little flash and then nothing. I jabbed the power button on the PC a few more times but it did nothing. Oh oh!

    I unplugged the harddrive, unplugged the PC power cable and stuck it in again, turned off and on the little power switch at the back of the PC and then turned on the PC. This time it started up okay.

    I then plugged the harddrive back in again and repeated the process. This time I was successful - the PC powered on and found the harddrive and I was able to recover the files off of it.

    I thought the printed circuit board in the external case that attached the drive to the USB and power port must have blown but when I stuck the harddrive back in it, low and behold it worked fine!

    So my question is, does a SATA drive have some kind of surge/damage protection that prevent it from powering up? The drive somehow stopped both the external case and the PC from even being turned on but once I tripped something in it it worked fine again.

    In any case I'll be advising my friend to get a new harddrive!


Comments

  • #2
    cookie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,794 ✭✭✭cookie1977


    I did what your friend did, to a western digital elements 1TB drive. I plugged in my netwooks power cord 20V instead of 12V. I had to return it to WD and they sent me a brand new one under warranty. I just told them it stopped working.


  • #3
    WaterWolf
    Registered Users Posts: 75 ✭✭WaterWolf


    Actually this was also a 1TB Elements drive. I'm not sure if it's under warranty anymore though...


  • #4
    cookie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,794 ✭✭✭cookie1977


    They come with a 2 year warranty unlike the more expensive WD drives with 3 and 5 year warranties


  • #5
    WaterWolf
    Registered Users Posts: 75 ✭✭WaterWolf


    Well I can't really send it back to them if it's working again now! :p


  • #6
    cookie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,794 ✭✭✭cookie1977


    WaterWolf wrote: »
    Well I can't really send it back to them if it's working again now! :p

    Good news :D


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