The unit keeps turning off and on when I'm trying to copy music files to or from iTunes. ItI seems to work well at first. It starts up, it shows up in "My computer." But in the middle of an operation, it just goes to sleep at random intervals and the file transfer is incomplete. Then it will randomly start up again, and Windows goes through the whole "external drive found" rigamarole every time. We've tried to use the drive on four different computers and both XP, Vista and Windows 7. Same problem. So frustrating.
The hard drive has an intermittent problem, the issue lies in the circuit board not the hardware, if the board can be accessed there may be a chance that a soldering iron touch up may solve the problem. But as a rule they are not made to be serviced.
SOURCE: SimpleTech SimpleDrive Pininfarina 320GB Power up problem
It could be that it's internal power supply burnt out,
in which case the drive itself could still be fine.
Try opening up the external case, and removing the drive.
Once you do, plug it in to your computer directly using its SATA cables, and see if that works.
Hope I helped,
Tom
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Actually, the problem doesn't only happen with iTunes or music files. The hard drive cuts out randomly no matter what data I'm working with. Also, the problem is NOT with the power or power cord. The unit gets constant power from the correct cord.
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