Maxtor HDD Won't Power Up

Zangofett2 · July 26th, 2009, 10:53 PM

I have a Maxtor DiamondMax Plus9 160gig ATA/133 hard drive that will no longer power up. I had been using it as a external HDD plugged into USB via a USB>IDE adapter (Came with a 4 prong plug that went into the wall). It was working fine and I had just thrown a bunch of music and videos onto it and didn't plug it in for a few months. I decided to plug it in today to give some of my videos to a buddy of mine and it wouldn't power up. Any solution other than sending it in to someone for 200+ dollars to get data off of it?

kurazy · July 27th, 2009, 02:43 AM

LOL wow put it in your computer. see if that helps

Zangofett2 · July 27th, 2009, 04:50 AM

As much as I'd love to it won't fit. I have an Antec300 case with 2 ATI 4870's xfired, a 3650, 2 other HDD, an aftermarket cpu fan (Pretty damn big), a CD drive (Obviously), a 850watt Corsair psu and wires out the ass everywhere.

Aaron_8015 · July 27th, 2009, 04:57 AM

You dont need to fit it in there, im sure with those specs you must have an IDE slot not in use. Just hook the drive up and leave it next to the case.

kurazy · July 27th, 2009, 05:24 AM

well said... if you dont have a space availible take the one from the cd drive. i pretty sure its EIDE

Zangofett2 · July 28th, 2009, 02:24 AM

Yea, it is but the problem is with the power. (Only 1 IDE for CD as you said.) But, I will still try it, thnx for the help.

kurazy · July 28th, 2009, 04:34 AM

take it as well you can live with out a cd drive for a hour or so...