NAS Bay (purchase advice )

AsifSaddique 836

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Unfortunately my 2.5 4tb external wd drive started playing up , only had it for just over a year and now it’s vibrating and pc doesn’t recognise it, wish I kept a backup!
 

SpyderTracks

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Unfortunately my 2.5 4tb external wd drive started playing up , only had it for just over a year and now it’s vibrating and pc doesn’t recognise it, wish I kept a backup!
External drives, it's usually the USB circuitry that fails.

Often if you break it down and remove the drive, the drive is still fully functional.
 

AsifSaddique 836

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Thanks for that, yeah got plenty of cables from PC.

From this pic, do I need to detach the drive further from the pc board? Looks like this is a custom built board for the drive.
 

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Aza

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No. Its only the outer shell (which youve already removed) what you have left in the photo is the full HDD
In your welcome pack (should of got a cardboard box with the manuals n stuff in) you should have spare sata leads and power cables.

Normally there are spare power connections already available in the case already, have a look at whats tucked in the back of the machine, theyre daisychained and often spare unusued cables or a spare port on a cable where theres 3 or 4 on one cable. The SATA data lead will be in the box and your motherboard manual should have a diagram showing you were your ports are.

This is a SSD, but cables are the same.

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Aza

Rising Star
I believe, and I say that as I am not 100% sure, that the connector there is the USB connector. If I'm right, then that circuit board will be removable. This is what a HDD would normally look like on the connector end:

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However, I haven't seen a WD drive for many years and no idea if the drives in the Elements enclosure are different or not
Oh I see what you mean.... I thought he was talking about taking the metal plate off!
 

Aza

Rising Star
Id take a good look at it up close before you remove any parts though, I wouldnt of thought a USB adaptor would span the whole underside of the drive like it appears to.... and they have a circuit board on one side anyway, Any chance you can get a few picks up, up close and sides/underside etc.... might be the USB bit is hardwired to the actual drive rather than an adaptor you can take off.
 

Scott

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Looks like micro USB B to me. Can probably just get a cable for it. I would get a Y version just to make sure there's enough power.
 

AsifSaddique 836

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Looks like micro USB B to me. Can probably just get a cable for it. I would get a Y version just to make sure there's enough power.
Sorry Im a little confused, it does have a micro usb b cable and have tried it and with spares , the drive vibrates and does appear on file explorer but not loading up.

to attach where?

The drives not working.
 
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