I have two PCs in my office: self-built mATX tower & HP TouchSmart IQ506. I also recently bought a WD My Passport Essential SE 1TB portable hd.
Yesterday I plugged the new drive into the self-built pc. It didn't work. Tried the ports in the front of the case and those on the back.
Then, out of curiosity, I tried the drive the TouchSmart. It worked normally.
What is the problem with my self-built pc not putting out sufficient power for the drive? The specs of the pc are below.
I have had this happen before with older portable hard drives, an inland sata/ide usb drive adapter and a 2.5" ide drive enclosure. All these devices except the usb drive adapter are powered from the pc. The adapter has an ac plug.
It is a psu problem, a mobo problem, both or what?
links of my devices are below:
Amazon.com: Western Digital My Passport Essential SE 1 TB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive WDBABM0010BBK-NESN (Midnight Black): Electronics
Jim do little: Inland SATA/IDE Combo Drive Adapter USB 2.0
ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Yesterday I plugged the new drive into the self-built pc. It didn't work. Tried the ports in the front of the case and those on the back.
Then, out of curiosity, I tried the drive the TouchSmart. It worked normally.
What is the problem with my self-built pc not putting out sufficient power for the drive? The specs of the pc are below.
I have had this happen before with older portable hard drives, an inland sata/ide usb drive adapter and a 2.5" ide drive enclosure. All these devices except the usb drive adapter are powered from the pc. The adapter has an ac plug.
It is a psu problem, a mobo problem, both or what?
links of my devices are below:
Amazon.com: Western Digital My Passport Essential SE 1 TB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive WDBABM0010BBK-NESN (Midnight Black): Electronics
Jim do little: Inland SATA/IDE Combo Drive Adapter USB 2.0
ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
My Computer
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- ATX Custom Build 2012
- OS
- Windows 7 Enterprise x64 SP1
- CPU
- Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz
- Motherboard
- Intel DH67CL desktop ATX
- Memory
- 10 GB DDR3
- Graphics Card(s)
- Asus EAH5450 series (Radeon)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung SyncMaster 226BW, Samsung Syncmaster P2450H
- Screen Resolution
- 226BW: 1680 x 1050 & P2450H: 1920 x 1080
- Hard Drives
- Western Digital 320 GB sata (boot), Samsung 640 GB sata, Seagate 2 TB sata (data)
- PSU
- Cooler Master Extreme Power Plus 500W
- Case
- Thermaltake V3 Black Edition
- Cooling
- stock cooling with added intake fan
- Keyboard
- HP Wireless Elite Keyboard Wireless Keyboard
- Mouse
- Microsoft Touch
- Internet Speed
- Comcast Cable business class <=18Mb {averages 12Mb}
- Other Info
- Optical drives: LG SuperMulti Blue, HP DVD 1260T
Other: Kensington Bluetooth Receiver
Network: Buffalo Wireless N USB, DLink N router/DLink Ethernet Switch/DLink Xtreme N wireless bridge
Printer: HP Photosmart Plus, HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus
PCs: HP dv6-3040us (7 x64 SP1), HP DM4-2165dx (7 x64 SP1), HP Pavilion zv6130us (7 x86), Apple Macbook Air (Lion)
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