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Hi, I have got a problem with my Seagate free HDD 320 GB, I lost my original USB cable bought with the Hard drive, then I bought another USB common cable. I tried to connect it prompt the following: Light is on blinking on the HDD, PC tries to reads and configure the HDD shows the "Unknown device" connected on Universal Serial Bus Controller Port. What should I do?
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The problem may be there in your hard drive, try the hard drive with another computer and if the problem persists, go to the nearest Service Center of the Manufacturer.
Sound like your USB hdd going to fails. Common problem causing this issue is not enough power for external HDDs. If you already attached one USB cable then you should try to use 'Y' USB cable, to give the device more power.
be sure power is supplied to the HDD, if and inter HDD change the cables, if is external check the USB cable and see if you need a complementary power brick or a second USB to power it.
Check that the USB cable can provide enough power to the hdd. Check that the USB port is powered. Older USB slots may not have enough power to run larger external HDDs, there you may require separate power to be plugged into the hdd. Are you using the original USB cable provided with the external HDD?
SEAGATE FREEAGENT GO 320 GB USB HARD DRIVE P/N 9KW2AG-502 320GB SN:2GE7114P THIS HARD DRIVE NOT SHOW IN MY PC SO I REQUEST YOU TO SOLVE MY PROBLEM...... THANKS
If it is listed in the many serial numbers on seagate website you can get it fixed under warranty, Info might be lost though. If it is just a power issue then that is what they will replace call first to get a solution.
old computer can work till 160gb as directly connected with serial cable, but when u connect with usb, then it dont act as serial ATA, the technology change
if its a PIII computer then it would not work.
It is quite easy, do not worry. You only need to bought and USB enclosure, here is a link to many products on ebay http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=p0.m37.l1313&satitle=hard+drive+enclosure+usb&category0=
then you have to connect your hard drive inside the enclosure and the enclosure to your computer using the usb cable and that's it. Just be carefull about the enclosure, I guess it is a Hard drive from a desktop, is in it? because some enclosure are for laptop's hard drive. Also you need to know if your hard drive is SATA or IDE, IDE is the normal gray bus cable with fourty some pins, and the SATA it is a really small cable (I do not use technicims to not confuse you even more).
Also, there are some adapters from IDE/SATA to USB that you can buy in your local computer store (do not go to bestbuy, compusa, ... they only sell external hd), or also get it from ebay. The only diference between the enclosure and the adapter is that the enclosure looks better :D, and the adapter is just a bunch of cables.
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