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apostropheman
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i got up yesterday and when i switched on my computer i found that 2 of my USB hard drives were not working. turns out the drives themselves were fine but the power supplies were toast.
they're 2 different brands with obviously different power supplies...different amperages 1.8 and 1.2. one is a "Digital Research" bought as a unit and the other is a "Dynex" (house brand from Best Buy/Future Shop) made from a desktop hard drive and the case as a kit. i returned both and exchanged the power supplies and cables and they work fine, no loss of data.
i have a 3rd USB HD, almost exactly the same as the "Digital Research" but branded differently, and it was unaffected. all 3 HD's as well as my computer, printer, wireless router, modem, etc... are plugged into UPS's.
my question is: what would cause this so that only the 2 HD's, but not the 3rd or anything else, was damaged?
i'm baffled:surprisedaranoid:
they're 2 different brands with obviously different power supplies...different amperages 1.8 and 1.2. one is a "Digital Research" bought as a unit and the other is a "Dynex" (house brand from Best Buy/Future Shop) made from a desktop hard drive and the case as a kit. i returned both and exchanged the power supplies and cables and they work fine, no loss of data.
i have a 3rd USB HD, almost exactly the same as the "Digital Research" but branded differently, and it was unaffected. all 3 HD's as well as my computer, printer, wireless router, modem, etc... are plugged into UPS's.
my question is: what would cause this so that only the 2 HD's, but not the 3rd or anything else, was damaged?
i'm baffled:surprisedaranoid: