Hello,
I have been searching the forums but haven't found an answer to this specific problem. I recently installed an external port for both data and power for an SATA drive. It is not eSATA; it uses the same cables and plugs as the motherboard, and in effect is just like hooking it directly to the motherboard and internal power supply, just extended outside the case. I was using it to do mirror backups of the inside drive, and it was working fine. I mistakenly plugged the external drive into the external plug for power and the plug for data without powering down the computer, and nothing came on. The drive did not spool up and the drive was not recognized by the system. After that, the drive would not work at all; no spin up, no recognition at BIOS level. I have swapped it with the main drive without result; it is now just dead.
Did I wreck the drive by plugging it into the system while the computer was powered on?
I have been searching the forums but haven't found an answer to this specific problem. I recently installed an external port for both data and power for an SATA drive. It is not eSATA; it uses the same cables and plugs as the motherboard, and in effect is just like hooking it directly to the motherboard and internal power supply, just extended outside the case. I was using it to do mirror backups of the inside drive, and it was working fine. I mistakenly plugged the external drive into the external plug for power and the plug for data without powering down the computer, and nothing came on. The drive did not spool up and the drive was not recognized by the system. After that, the drive would not work at all; no spin up, no recognition at BIOS level. I have swapped it with the main drive without result; it is now just dead.
Did I wreck the drive by plugging it into the system while the computer was powered on?