External disk not shown in finder or diskutil

When I connect an external harddrive to my Macbookpro it does not show on Finder, Diskutil (but the hdd disk starts). USB works fine. If I plug in FW when computer is shut down or sleep it works fine. Cant find out why. Tried with different cables and disks.

You could run a Apple Hardware Test but I think the solution will be determined at a genius bar session. I would suggest you make an appointment.
Ciao.

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