paintballpunk43
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I used to have a working 500gb external my book drive. At the moment its a paperweight. The HDD light on the front started flashing constantly and wouldn't be found in my computer. Which according to WD means (Transitioning to system standby or power down). Well I got tired of the drive not working as an external and I took it out of its enclosure and popped it into one of my 3.5in drive bays. The drive is the only IDE I have so I set its jumper to master and hooked it up (4 pin molex and IDE cable). Upon trying to start my computer after hooking it up it seems to short out. One of the Fan LEDS flashes on the fan then the comp goes dead. I then have to manually unplug the comp and plug it back in for the system to try to get it to turn on again with the same result. After installing the drive everything works great and I have a 500gb paperweight again. Any ideas fellas. The drive has a few images that need to be kept away from the wife. Hints external lol and I would like to format it before sending it in to western digital. So I'm thinking I'm going to try and install it on a different computer tomorrow and format.