Thank you for the suggestions. Freecom agree with you: "open the case to remove the HD and connect it to you computer like a normal internal HDD."
Looks like I am going to get the screwdriver out... Richard On 23 Mar 2010, at 14:35, Mr J Hodges wrote: > You could also look at a drive dock. Take the drive out of the Freecom case > and plug it into the dock. I've seen them for around £20 depending on the > interface. > > John > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard > Wells [[email protected]] > Sent: 23 March 2010 10:01 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [sussex_mug] burnt out drive > > I have done a stupid thing. I plugged my Freecom external drive that I use > for Time Machine in using my laptop power cable 19V 3.16A. The right power > cable is 12V 2A. > > The Sync button on the drive is glowing weakly but it is not showing up in > Finder or Disk Utility. It does appear in System Profiler>Firewire as Unknown > Device. > > Ominously there is a slight smell of burning electrics (could be my > imagination). I have unplugged it! > > I am on to Freecom about it but does anyone have experience of this or any > ideas about fixing it, other than sending it back to Freecom? > > It cost £122 a year ago. > > Richard > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended > solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed > > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of St Bedes School Trust > > Reasonable precautions (virus scanning) have been undertaken to ensure no > viruses are present in this email; St Bedes School Trust cannot accept > responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the use of this email > attachment(s) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
