My mom got a 3TB Seagate GoFlex external drive a couple of years ago, worked for a little while and then she realized it just stopped working. It was supposed to be saving all of her stuff to the external but her internal drive filled up and she realized it wasn't going to the external. I tried plugging it into other computers and none recognized it. You could still hear the drive spin up and then it would sound like it turned back off. Eventually took it out of its enclosure and tried plugging it straight into my computer to see if maybe the enclosure was the problem. It would not show up in the BIOS, checked all of my settings and nothing would get it to work. Went down to hear the drive and didn't sound like it was spinning or getting power. Tried using the enclosure base with its power and plugged the sata into my mobo, still no power.
I have looked around and some recommend replacing the pcb on the drive, some don't. Looking closely at the pcb it looks like there might be some damage but I can't be sure.
Any other ideas? I hate to throw away that much storage that was never even used. How often does replacing the pcb actually work?
Thanks
I have looked around and some recommend replacing the pcb on the drive, some don't. Looking closely at the pcb it looks like there might be some damage but I can't be sure.
Any other ideas? I hate to throw away that much storage that was never even used. How often does replacing the pcb actually work?
Thanks