neiantrim Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 hi, im having problems with my external hard drive. it will not power up, then i plug it in and turn it on all i hear is a ticking sound. its maxtor hard drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Not enough power. What power supply are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Ticking sound could also be a heavy damaged drive too. Do you have warranty on the drive? If so return it, if not; open the external housing and take out the drive to test it inside a normal computer (unless it’s a 2.5", then you need to buy an adaptor from 2.5" to 3.5").Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1K Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Ticking sound could also be a heavy damaged drive too. Do you have warranty on the drive? If so return it, if not; open the external housing and take out the drive to test it inside a normal computer (unless it’s a 2.5", then you need to buy an adaptor from 2.5" to 3.5").Good luck I agree, ticking sound don't sound good, it could be disk malfunction. How old is it, do you have guarantee for this disk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neiantrim Posted January 11, 2006 Author Share Posted January 11, 2006 i took it out of the caseing and installed it into my pc, it works perfectly. so i think il just keep it in there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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