And a few of these details are problably incorrect, as I haven’t noted them down before now.Ībout a week ago, I got a Seagate FreeAgent 500 GB external drive in the mail from webshop Komplett.no. It’s a bit late, so I will be very brief. Then I’ll ship it back to Komplett and hope for a good apple the next time. I’m going to take the extra trouble and test the drive with a Windows machine, just to make sure the operating system’s not in any way part of the problem here. However, after a few more hours of operation, it became impossible to write to the drive again. Update 31/08: After a night’s rest, the drive was detected by OS X and appeared to function normally. ![]() But remember – experiment at your own risk! I used a flat screwdriver to remove the bottom cover, unscrewed the metal cover to get to the circuit board and unplugged the wire running to the light. Posters have reported that their drive became stable after unplugging the front light (!) – and it worked for me as well. Update 24/05/08: Make sure you take a look at the comments section of this post – it seems the problem lies with the enclosure and not the drive itself. Read on to see what people have figured out, and make sure to catch Tony’s very informative comment about overheating. But remember – experiment at your own risk!). ![]() (I used a flat screwdriver to remove the bottom cover, unscrewed the metal cover to get to the circuit board and unplugged the wire running to the light. Unplugging the light in the enclosure seems to alleviate this somehow – at least it made the drive more stable for me and others, though if the issue is overheating simply ensuring proper cooling should fix it as well. Update 20/07/08: Going by the experience of Tony in the comments, the drive problem is caused by overheating.
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