When I connect everything BEFORE i turn the power on the drive but after the power cable is connected to the drive my putty screen streams random characters (same in hyper terminal).
Once i turn the power on to the drive the random characters stop, but I never get a response to the ctrl+z
I am not sure where to go from here...
edit: I added a ground wire from the USB adapter to the drive, this eliminated the random characters, however I still get no response at all from the ctrl+z
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Posted · Edited by daemorok
I believe I have the BSY error on my drive.
I was following this guide: http://sites.google.com/site/seagatefix/
I am using this adapter: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003SLRUOM
The loop back test on the adapter is successful
When I connect everything BEFORE i turn the power on the drive but after the power cable is connected to the drive my putty screen streams random characters (same in hyper terminal).
Once i turn the power on to the drive the random characters stop, but I never get a response to the ctrl+z
I am not sure where to go from here...
edit: I added a ground wire from the USB adapter to the drive, this eliminated the random characters, however I still get no response at all from the ctrl+z