Oh-oh. Ext FW drive shuts down my MacBook and PC when I plug it in
I have an Acomdata 250 GB ext FW HD. Suddenly, whenever I plug it into my MacBook (10.4.9), it immediately shuts down my MacBook without warning. Ditto when I plug it into the FW port on my PC (Win XP Pro SP2). When I plug it into my Digital Audio DP G4, it doesn't shut down. But no computer recognizes the drive any more. The drive seems to boot up OK, but it's not recognized. Any ideas on what's wrong? The drive holds my iTunes music, so I am pretty freaked out if the data is lost forever (yes, I backed everything up on DVDs last week).
I tried different FW cables, with the same result. Other FW drives work fine with my Macs and PC. Could the HD enclosure be bad?
I tried different FW cables, with the same result. Other FW drives work fine >with my Macs and PC. Could the HD enclosure be bad?
You should contact the drives manufacturer. If it does it on your Mac and PC it sounds like the drive enclosure may have a short somewhere. Luckily you backed up or you may have lost everything.
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