Comments on: LaCie Firewire Drive keeps disconnecting

By: mshen

mshen — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:13:57 +0000

It was a bad hard drive controller. I had to salvage the hard drives and get a new firewire drive. StevenG7 was right, I also heard a high pitch sound from the power supply which I couldn’t hear in the server room.

By: spartonx

spartonx — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:05:06 +0000

I did the firmware update. It seemed to cure the issue.

By: mshen

mshen — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:22:24 +0000

Thanks. I had a feeling the hard drive got fried in some way. USB is working for now, but we are considering options to replace it.

By: steveng7

steveng7 — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:00:40 +0000

LaCie external drives which use an external (i.e., not in the drive enclosure) power-supply have a surprisingly high failure rate of their external power supplies. Often, they exhibit intermittent problems (due to the voltages being out of spec) before failing completely.

By: mshen

mshen — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:38:16 +0000

Thanks for the input. LaCie support is telling me to check basic connectivity like cables and power, so I’ll give it another go with another computer.