[Simply Computers] Re: Unresponsive portable hard drive

 

After some stumbling around I figured that it was the power supply cord that was causing the problem.(Lots of other people were/are having the same problem.)
I salvaged an old 12 volt power supply cord from my 'junk' pile. I spliced the Maxtor's power cord and jack to the power supply unit, and that solved the problem. Be careful if you try this because the power output from the transformer/rectifier is DC, and the polarity must match that of the Maxtor's.
Bob

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> My Maxtor 3200 will not respond when I try to open it.
> The device manager shows a yellow icon at its location. I've used the Add Hardware Wizard.The Wizard told me:"This Device cannot start. (Code 10)." Is this the cause?
> The Update Wizard tells me that my current software is the best available. Maxtor(Seagate) is no help.
> I've tried unplugging and plugging the power and USB cables, but that doesn't work.
> I have WinXP Home,SP3.
> Any suggestions will be appreciated.
> Bob
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