MBWE fried Drive x2

MBWE fried Drive x2

lammy123 28 Jun 2011 10:58

Hi All,

My MBWE has killed another drive. The first one was 10 months ago, the drive was 4 years old so expected it - my PC could see the drive but not access it - lots of clicking etc.

However the new drive which has now been running for about 6 months or so has also died (no machine can even see it).

I have a feeling that the first one went after a power cut and this one went after the GF accidentally hit the RCD trip switch for the house!

Has anyone else had any problems with drives when power is unexpectedly cut from the MBWE. Or is it just my MBWE or do you think that it could have been just another sh*t drive from WD?

Re: MBWE fried Drive x2

boondoklife 29 Jun 2011 14:26

It is prolly just a bum drive, I would try another one from another retailer to see if maybe it is just that stores batch.

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Re: MBWE fried Drive x2

lammy123 05 Jul 2011 16:08

Thought it may be - just got replacement from WD (warranty still in date). However they sent me a slightly different model so we will see.

I've managed to get my hands on another identical MBWE (surplus to requirements at work), what do you suggest the best way is to back up from one to the other is? Either on LAN or WAN - (as having one somewhere else would be nice)

Cheers.

Re: MBWE fried Drive x2

lammy123 05 Jul 2011 17:33

Here is an update.

I got my replacement from WD.

However in the meantime I got my hdd to be accessible in a PC (not sure what the issue was with it not being recognized or even spinning up correctly before!) and could see all the data was good.

So I dropped it back into the MBWE and same clicking like the drive would start up. Put it back in a PC and after 5 mins had it back working.

So i pulled the PCB from the MBWE and hooked the hdd up with power from the PC and a sata cable to the MBWE and bingo! Blue lights, MBWE back on the network - All good.

So it seems the MBWE isnt powering the driver correctly the PCB all looks good.

Any Ideas how to power the hdd without having to have a PC on all the time? I'm up for modifying any device really.

ALL and ANY advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.