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Did the 12 year old Seagate Drive work? The answer is...
#1
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...
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#2
Really surprised that the adapter failed due to age, it's usually heat from years of being plugged in that kills them.
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#3
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...
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#4
The question was about the Seagate Drive, not about the Power Brick
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#5
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...
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#6
It's like saying a new car does not work because you didn't fill it with gas.
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#7
Interesting. A power supply failure is odd. Was this a 2.5 inch or 3.5 inch drive?
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#8
Hey, the question was about the DRIVE, not the ADAPTER!!!

(grumble, grumble......)
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#9
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.
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#10
I've had several Seagate power bricks fail in the last 5 years.

Glad you checked, saved the drive!
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