External HDD keeps turning on and then off repeatedly

Zyan17 0 Newbie Poster

14 Years Ago

Recently I plugged my Western Digital external hdd into my computer and it will keep turning off and then the lights will come back on and it will spin for about 7 seconds and then do the same thing over and over again.. I contacted WD with no help really except to find out my warrenty is up and can't get a new one. But anyways I think it is a problem with the SATA to USB/Power Supply Converter but I don't know for sure, that's just my guess. Any ideas or help would be great.

Thanks

*I have attached a screen shot video of disk management (.avi inside the .zip) when i plug in the hdd so you can see how it connects and then disconnects real quick

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