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Did the 12 year old Seagate Drive work? The answer is... - hal - 12-19-2024
the answer is yes and no...
when I put it all together, I got nothing...
tried a different AC plug - nothing...
tried a different AC adapter and THEN it worked
My old backup drive (the same model) also worked.
But I suppose to be accurate, the answer is NO - it did not work out of box. Most of us got that wrong...
Re: Did the 12 year old Seagate Drive work? The answer is... - GGD - 12-19-2024
Really surprised that the adapter failed due to age, it's usually heat from years of being plugged in that kills them.
Re: Did the 12 year old Seagate Drive work? The answer is... - hal - 12-19-2024
GGD wrote:
Really surprised that the adapter failed due to age, it's usually heat from years of being plugged in that kills them.
it might well be that it never worked - who knows...
Re: Did the 12 year old Seagate Drive work? The answer is... - special - 12-19-2024
The question was about the Seagate Drive, not about the Power Brick
Re: Did the 12 year old Seagate Drive work? The answer is... - hal - 12-19-2024
special wrote:
The question was about the Seagate Drive, not about the Power Brick
if I didn't have an extra power adapter, the drive would have been useless...
Re: Did the 12 year old Seagate Drive work? The answer is... - special - 12-19-2024
It's like saying a new car does not work because you didn't fill it with gas.
Re: Did the 12 year old Seagate Drive work? The answer is... - Forrest - 12-19-2024
Interesting. A power supply failure is odd. Was this a 2.5 inch or 3.5 inch drive?
Re: Did the 12 year old Seagate Drive work? The answer is... - anonymouse1 - 12-19-2024
Hey, the question was about the DRIVE, not the ADAPTER!!!
(grumble, grumble......)
Petty pedantry. - RAMd®d - 12-20-2024
It's not like we had money on it.
I thought I saw:
As always, no wagering.
But fair point, even if it is too fine of a point.
Cheap caps could be the problem in the adapter, or it might have DOA, as earlier opined.
Otherwise it is an odd failure.
Re: Petty pedantry. - sekker - 12-20-2024
I've had several Seagate power bricks fail in the last 5 years.
Glad you checked, saved the drive!