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aqol45
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_ 		19. May 2011 @ 06:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi

Long story but was basically was DJ'ing ouside a few weeks back using laptop & external hard drive when it started to rain !! Thought I had saved everything but left USB cable outside in rain all night aswell as plug adaptor for power supply which was subsquently run over !

Anyway ordered whole new power supply BUT now Hard Drive wont do anything :( Hard drive is a Hitachi 1 TB simple drive

Looking closely at the new power supply though it has slighly different specs - would this cause HD not to work ? The power supply has a UK plug adaptor which slides on to power supply

My original power supply states;

input 100-240v 50-60hz
0.5a max
output 12v 1.5a

New one states;

input 100-240v 50-60hz
0.65a max 51-80va
output 12v 2a

Could the slight differences be the reason why my HD does nothing ??
Could a slight amount of water fried the HD ?
Is there any way to recover data ?

Thanks
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ddp
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_ 		19. May 2011 @ 14:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
new adapter is good. did you try another usb cable? when just connected to the external power, does the drive make any noise at all? any lights on?
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