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LaCie Minimus: USB aansluiting is los / USB connector loose

Thu, 16 Apr 2015 04:05:21 -0700

Dutch: De usb aansluiting is los en naar binnen geschoten,is dit te solderen of moet ik een nieuwe printplaat kopen enzo ja waar is dit te koop.

English: The USB connector is loose and broken inside. Can this is be soldered back or should I buy a new board?

Do you know where I can buy a new board?

⟐ Commented april 16, 2015 at 4:05 MST

2.5" Toshiba SATA Hard Drive: Why is my toshiba sata hard driver not working

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:32:59 -0700

why is my hard disk not working when i connect it to external hard drive case

⟐ Commented juli 13, 2026 at 8:32 MST

Seagate Technology Hard Drive: Why my hard disk has not working

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 04:18:46 -0700

My hard disk was not working

⟐ Commented juli 13, 2026 at 4:18 MST

Western Digital My Passport: Repair my external hard drive?

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 06:06:22 -0700

I accidently dropped my hard drive and now it just makes a screeching sound and is not recognized by CPU. Can the data be recovered?

⟐ Answered juli 09, 2026 at 6:06 MST

Seagate Technology Hard Drive: My hard disk drive keeps pepping but it doesn't show on my computer

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 23:06:54 -0700

my hard disk drive keeps pepping but it doesn't show on my computer

⟐ Answer edited juni 29, 2026 at 23:06 MST

WD 4TB My Passport Portable: My barely used WD 4 TB My Passport Ultra spins up up then down

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 04:49:02 -0700

Based on a suggestion in this forum I twisted my hard drive drive with some rotation in the air. This knocked it out of the 16 clicks then shutoff problem which I was having. Now I'm faced with the issue of the drive spinning up for a few seconds, followed by spinning down the next few subsequent seconds. All the while the white power light is on. I'm unsure what's happening. Any help is greatly appreciated. Also worth noting, it doesn't show on my pc when connected, neither mac nor windows, at any point

⟐ Answer accepted juni 27, 2026 at 4:49 MST

External M.2 SSD NVMe Enclosure: What is the Compacity limit?

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:28:09 -0700

What is the compacity limit? i need one for a 4TB what TB does it cap at?

⟐ Answered juni 24, 2026 at 19:28 MST

External Storage: Disassembly of Simple Drive Deluxe

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 20:35:56 -0700

I have a REALLY old SimpleTech Simple Drive Deluxe, and it has stopped being accessible so I'd like to remove the drive from the case (I have a number of adapters for different types of drives) and see if I can still access the data. The drive has 4 deeply-inset screws that appear to be Phillips-head. I just bought an iFixit Essential Electronics toolkit and the largest Phillips head seems to fit (loosened up 2 of the 4 screws) - but I cannot get it to "catch" on the other two.

Any tips?

⟐ Answered juni 23, 2026 at 20:35 MST

LaCie Minimus: I Won Auction: Cool Gadgets & Heaps of Tangled, Mismatched Cords

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:56:19 -0700

Since moving to Oregon I have longed for the helpful, competent fixer-folks that were in every other open-garage back home. Most have no interest in repair here, others overstate their skills and just brutishly destroy things. Mostly my things. That's not me. My father built and repaired everything and showed me how as he worked. So, I do fix things, however my confidence in electronic repair is timid. I feel I'm a capable, careful, manual reading, proper-tool using gal that respects the directions. I would have been content reading and learning from @oldturkey03's contributions all weekend. My point is, I don't know everything but I can repair things. Having said all that, the tangled nest of the cables here cannot be overstated. I may eventually tease out the matching power cords but I have other things to do and it's my birthday weekend!

Key Problem: I need to download 1.5 Tb of data from a paid data storaGe service to an external drive from the auction before I'm charged another year's subscription fee on Monday.

Question: Can one successfully cut the device plug from the main housing of a 12v power adapter and attach a device plug that seemingly fits? I have a new looking LACie Minimus with no writing at all other than "LACie". No amperage printed either but @oldturkey03 and I believe it to be 5v 2A. What say you? Can it be done without zapping the drive? I don't want to wait and be charged, I also don't want to destroy it if its just impossible. I need to know, given what I've shared, is it possible? And how,, I need that too, lol. Instruction and encouragement is always appreciated. Thank you!

⟐ Answer edited juni 19, 2026 at 18:56 MST

Lacie petit 500GB n2870 ABY25: Hard drive not recognised

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 01:49:04 -0700

Hi,

I’ve got a “vintage” LaCie Petit hard drive that I had not plugged in in a while (understand a good 10 years). As I wanted to use it, I found out my latest laptop would not recognise it. I assume this is because an old driver on my hard drive. Any idea how to proceed to be able to reuse it, please?

⟐ Answered juni 19, 2026 at 1:49 MST

SD Card: Why am I unable to delet pics and videos on my memory card

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:51:13 -0700

Everything is showing up I can send pictures but I I'm not able to delete things its saying SD card error

⟐ Answered juni 10, 2026 at 3:51 MST

Hard Drive: Is this drive fixed speed SATA III or SATA II capable?

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:12:39 -0700

I have an E6400 with Computrace active in BIOS - 1440x900 Quadro NVS P series Core 2 Duo, so the good one. Absolute confirmed the machine was left active on an old dead subscription and the prior owner dealt with it and confirmed it is ready to be deactivated but the hard drive was pulled. The drive is a WD10SPCX I pulled from a a janky IdeaPad. Will this drive work properly in the E6400 so I can get the agent removed from the machine under XP or Vista Ultimate?

(Yes really, an E6400 licensed for Ultimate and not Business or XP Pro)

⟐ Answer edited juni 08, 2026 at 19:12 MST

hard drive: Recommendations for where to shred a hard drive?

Thu, 28 May 2026 11:26:30 -0700

I have a small stack of dead hard drives I'd like to have shredded. I've found a few places online that provide that service, but the best quote I got was $10 a drive. I'm curious if anyone has any recommendation of anyone who provides the same service for a cheaper price.

(And I know I could just drill some holes in the drives, which is what I may end up doing, but I like the idea of total information destruction that shredding provides and I like the idea that they'll recycle the remains properly afterwards.)

⟐ Answered mei 28, 2026 at 11:26 MST

Sandisk USB Stick SDCZ410 64GB: Re-wiring broken connector for data recovery

Thu, 28 May 2026 06:34:05 -0700

This stick has 5 PINS which do not follow normal USB stick convention. I need to resolder a 4 pin USB-A cable to the board and need to know which pins are VCC, GND, D+, and D-,.....I have buzzed out with a meter but come up with nothing except the middle pin pictured is GND ?? go figure...anyone know anything at all about this ? SANDISK will not release any pinouts or schematic

Photo with RED must be the 4 PIN USB A 2.0 connections.....unfortunately it is snapped off the board taking half the tracks with it by the looks. I am locating the same stick to recreate the tracks, connect the 4 x USB wires, and hopefully recover data !!

Thanks everyone for your help !

⟐ Answer edited mei 28, 2026 at 6:34 MST

Solid State Drive: SSD Suddenly Stopped Working.

Wed, 27 May 2026 16:35:54 -0700

So, upon restarting my laptop, my 2.5" TeamGroup 2TB SSD stopped showing up. It wasn't showing in the BIOS or Windows. Later it started showing up as an unknown device in Windows, and still not at all in the BIOS.

I popped it open to have a look, and the only think I saw that looked out of order were these semi transparent things. They look cracked.

What are these, and could they have caused the problem?

They look like fuses to me, and they are non conductive. There's absolutely no conductivity through them. Just OL with a multimeter.

⟐ Answered mei 27, 2026 at 16:35 MST

2.5" Toshiba SATA Hard Drive: Why is my hard drive not working if I try to change it to basic

Wed, 27 May 2026 09:31:19 -0700

It says an I/O error

⟐ Answered mei 27, 2026 at 9:31 MST

WD blue Hard Drive: My HDD isn't spinning, making a sound, or lighting up when plugged in

Sun, 24 May 2026 10:42:06 -0700

So I noticed my storage and applications and files all gone after the New Years, apparently the blank folder since December 2025 was a tall tell sign that the drive stopped working after I switched to a lower voltage charger since my old original one broke. I since then bought a new SATA cable and new charger but still nothing. I also tested out a external HDD drive cable to check if it worked, but still nothing. I don't have enough money to get it fixed by a specialist so I'm wondering if I can fix it myself?

Here's a Pic, I've been trying to see if it'll spin when connected to a wall but so far, nothing.

It's an internal HDD so idk if it was a good or bad idea to remove it from my laptop. I got it around the beginning of the pandemic. So 2020 or 2021.

Here's the 2 pictures. Is a bad controller board fixable at home?

⟐ Commented mei 24, 2026 at 10:42 MST

Western Digital My Book: Blue Screen of Death

Fri, 22 May 2026 15:03:04 -0700

Have a 3TB My Book, has been working fine, then all of a sudden as soon as it is plugged in i crashes my system and gives the Blue screen of Death.

Have tried it on other systems and it does the same thing.

Really need help

⟐ Answer edited mei 22, 2026 at 15:03 MST

External Storage: How to disassemble my external hard drive

Thu, 21 May 2026 11:55:22 -0700

Hi everybody, I need your help to disassemble my Verbatim Store 'n' Save SuperSpeed USB 3.0 4Tb Desktop external hard drive because I dropped it from half meter high and now it doesn't work. It makes some noises like if it's trying to read and the sistem doesn't recognize it. I want to open it to see if I can do anything to solve the problem.

Thanks everybody and keep it up!

The model is: 47674

Here some images taken from the Verbatim webpage:

⟐ Commented mei 21, 2026 at 11:55 MST

Seagate Technology Hard Drive: hard drive not make partition

Sat, 16 May 2026 10:04:23 -0700

My harddrive health show 9% only and also window is not install and also not make partition and show error

⟐ Answered mei 16, 2026 at 10:04 MST