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Rayvan · 07-24-2008, 03:02 PM

I have an Maxtor OneTouch II 500GB external hard drive that is having trouble powering up.

When I try to power it up normally through the power cord and USB, you can see the light just flash for half a second and go off.

When I remove the hard drive from the casing to insert it manually in through my mobo's IDE, it powers up, but shuts down the entire computer almost instantly (not even a boot screen).

Is the hard drive producing a power surge that's un-fixable?

07-24-2008, 03:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
Rayvan Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 2 OS: XP Pro	External HD boot issue I have an Maxtor OneTouch II 500GB external hard drive that is having trouble powering up. When I try to power it up normally through the power cord and USB, you can see the light just flash for half a second and go off. When I remove the hard drive from the casing to insert it manually in through my mobo's IDE, it powers up, but shuts down the entire computer almost instantly (not even a boot screen). Is the hard drive producing a power surge that's un-fixable?