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"muzician21" <muzician21@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
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> I've got this WD 500 gb Firewire  external My Book drive I've been
> using to store mostly video files for a big video project. It doesn't
> have an on/off switch, it powers up when power is first applied, goes
> dormant after a period of inactivity and restarts when you try to
> access it. It's worked flawlessly until today.
>
> Normally the blue light in front dances up and down during boot up as
> well as whenever there's data transfer but now I notice the light
> flashes briefly when power is first applied, the drive makes some
> noise like it's starting to spool up but then shuts down. The couple
> of h/d's I've had die in the past gave me some warning, made weird
> clicking noises for a while before crapping out. This one was working
> perfectly normally until now. I wouldn't think overheating would be an
> issue with this drive, the case is extensively vented unlike most
> external drives I've seen. It doesn't get used that much.
>
> Anyone have experience with these drives? Any chance there's a power
> supply inside the case that's causing the problem and can be swapped
> with another from an identical drive? Would be a huge
> Aaaaargggghhhhh!!!!!! to lose the hundreds of gigs of files. Any
> chance WD would do such a repair?  I don't want another drive, I need
> THIS drive to work.
>
> Thanks for all assistance.




Is it this one?
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=351

3 possibilities

1 The AC adaptor has died, check with a voltmeter or subsitute adaptor.

2 The Firewire electronics have died in the MyBook or your PC.
Try the unit on another PC and if possible another firewire unit on your PC.
(check the cable too)

3 The drive itself has died.
Check this by opening the case and mounting the drive inside your PC as a 
slave drive.
You may have to add a PCI adaptor if it's SATA and you don't have SATA 
inside your PC.

If this last one doesn't work then it's off to the data recovery 
specialists.
If the drive does show up as a slave drive then you can make the backups you 
should have made in the first place!!!!!!!!!!!

Best
Paul.