Darren New wrote:
> clipka wrote:
>> sudden death of the drive electronics I guess. The BIOS still found 
>> the drive,
>> but wasn't even able to identify it.
> 
> It was rather disturbing plugging in my USB HD, getting the little 
> "Dadink!" sound, waiting a minute or two, and then having it show up as 
> "USB device" but nothing else.  Turns out I'd misplugged the drive, so 
> it wasn't actually connected to the interface.  Interesting effect.
> 

Had that happen after replacing the internal drive, I plugged in my 
external, and fired it up, only to have it shut down immediately after.

Turns out the plug wasn't fully seated in the computer's socket.

-- 
~Mike

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