2.5 Scorpio blue drive won't spin up
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I've tried putting this 640 gb laptop size drive in two different enclosures. Both times I hear drive try to spin up and then hear a dual monotone buzzing sound, the first buzz being a lower tone...
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If the drive has SATA interface, it uses SATA data and power cables....
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are you guys perhaps under the impression the drive is desktop? Its a 2.5 laptop drive and I think its connections is different?
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Try it RIGHT out of the freezer, while still very cold. However, I think it is a goner. Freezer trick only works in pretty rare circumstances (in my experience).
2.5 Scorpio blue drive won't spin up
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When you used the enclosure what are the cables you connect the enclosure to the computer with? Could it simply be not enough power provided by the computer to spin the motor up?
if the power is...
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It sounds bad, but to be 100% sure, you can plug it in direct into a PC.
That is to say, as an internal hard drive, plugged directly into the mobo.
If it still doesn't work, then it's ready for the...
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Most PC's will have a spare SATA power cable available, and the only additional wire you need is the SATA data cable.
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The connections are the same on both.
And no, I wasn't under the impression that it was a desktop model.
FYI: The main difference for connecting a 2.5 vs a 3.5 to another computer through a USB...
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Get your RMA claim now because if you need it you'll be covered, but if you don't need it you can just let it lapse.
Does the drive have a jumper to change the start-up current and increase the...
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Rocky Nailed it.
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so there's a chance this will work when enclosure fails? To be clear my enclosures were previously working with this drive. If this is the case can someone please link me to adapters I'll need to...
