Toshiba 1TB external HDD

I purchesed one of these about amonth ago, to day when I plugged the machine into the mains an turned it on nothing happend. i have left it for about an hour and tried again, still nothing happens, what could be the problem and how would i go about fixing this.
Cheers in advance.

I had a similar problem with my Toshiba 320GB external HDD. It would work when connected to by Dynadock, but not when connected to any of the USB ports on my Qosmio G50. I tried removing all the USB drivers and restarting without luck.
It turned out to be the fact I wasn't using the original USB cable that came with the HDD, but a stock stadard USB cable. The original cable that came with the carries 5volts whereas a std USB may not. And the reason the Dynadock worked is that it has a mains power source.

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Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964
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