Western digital my book essential edition 1tb usb 2. Wd my book 3tb usb3 0 desktop external hard drive wdbfjk0030hbk wd30ezrs 00j99b0 771698. The pcs are a wifi attached and i need a way to keep their autobackups separate from each other. Thank you for helping us maintain cnet s great community. It is great to see western digital upgrade their my book drives to support the new and superfast usb 3. Contrary to previous versions, live has no usb ports. Im not sure how but the usb port on the hard drive is now broken, does anyone know how i can repair it, and if so any links. I have a 500gig western digital my book external hard drive that worked perfectly fine. Western digital redesigns my passport and my book usb. My book desktop storage is optimized for the best possible data transfer rates. Gabriel rael western digital my book mini usb port replacement id guida. My usb port got broken western digital my passport ifixit. Update wd external hard drive driver to make it work.
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I had an extra sata drive around, so i thought why not replace it. Broken wd my book external hard drive control board. Aa for wd my book essential elements 1tb 2tb 3tb 4tb 5tb. Im never going to purchase another western digital product for the remainder of my miserable life.
Western digital s usb hard disk drives are wildly popular, and today, the company announces a refresh of two such models for windows and mac the my passport and my book. Wd greenpower technology lowers internal drive power consumption by up to 30%, a. I have tried it on a laptop with windows 7 and on a destop pc with windows xp, it doesnt work. Jan 06, 2012 i have a 2 tb western digital my book 3. Broadcom bcm54610 ethernet is able to support 10100 mbits connectivity. When soldering, you run the risk of damaging the board and yourself. New western digital hard drive controller board 4061775200 rev aa for wd my book essential elements 1tb, 2tb, 3tb, 4tb, 5tb, 6tb usb 3. May 20, 2009 in fact, each os windows xpwindows, mac os x 10. Then get a sata to usb cable and plug it back into your computer and copy all the data off to another external drive. Try this trick on any old usb port and you will see that the port will start working again. A broken micro usb port can be prevented in the first place if the ports are sealed while they are not being used. Usb cables free delivery possible on eligible purchases. I removed the outer casing and installed the drive internally on my desktop and though the drive is detected with the correct size, it does not recognize any partitions or data on the drive.
Essential edition, home edition, office edition, mirror edition, studio edition, premium edition, elite edition, pro edition, av dvr live edition, and the world edition. If the sd card is broken, it wont be recognized by. Powered directly from the usb port on your computer, no separate power supply is needed, though an optional cable is available for the few computers that limit power from the usb port. After the computer starts, windows will automatically scan for hardware changes and reinstall all the usb controllers that you uninstalled. My book live uses applied micro apm82181 processor working at 800 mhz and has 256 mb of ram. I recently bought a wd my book essentials 2tb with the intention of using it as a nas. Western digital my book mini usb port replacement this guide is a walkthrough on how to replace the damaged mini usb port. Mini usb port broke off 2tb wd mybook hd external drives. If your product is not listed above, please visit the product page. My book essential hard drive is not recognized by windows 7. I have attached several pictures so you can see what happened.
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Usb broken on wd external hard drive march 2011 forums cnet. Western digital mybook essential data recovery ok, so i put about gb of data on a 1tb wd mybook essential usb before the usb connector broke off the small pcb inside the case. Can i partition the wd hard drive into 2 partitions and address them individually. Wasnt sure if this should go in the hard drive section or motherboard section so a few days ago the micro usb socket from the wd my book external enclosure case randomly fell off. Is it possible to connect this hd with anyother port. Before that it was working perfectly on both computers. Nov, 2008 i have a 500gig western digital my book external hard drive that worked perfectly fine. However, i have some specific questions that i did not find answers to in those postings. So you inserted the dead broken seagate external drive in a usb 3. The usb external shows up through the wd network storage manager software used to contol the nas but when you try to access the usb. I have a western digital my book essential 1tb drive where the usb port has broken off the connector board.
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In 2011, western digital released the my book live edition nas. Hello wd community, i have read several threads here on this subject. How to open a western digital mybook usb drive after a few months of loud clicking coming out of my western digital mybook it finally died. After removing the drive from the enclosure and connecting it to various systems winvista, 7 and multiple linux machines there is no visible partition and as of yet. The hard drive hasnt fallen down or been physically damaged in any. My book world edition user manual introduction 1 introduction my book world edition in your networkthe basics congratulations on purchasing a my book world edition remote access storage system. The my book desktop hard drive also works great with acronis true image wd edition software to schedule full system backups.
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Dog knocked hd off the coffee table and the sudden jerk caused the usb cord to break the usb mini connector inside hd. In other words, sealing the port when not in use is the best way to solve this problem. I purchased one from pc world that was useless and incompatible, and thought i was out of luck, when a friend of mine recommended the western digital my book passport essential 320gb usb portable. If you expand it it says power surge on the usb port a usb device has malfunctioned and exceeded the power limits of its hub port. Apr 10, 2009 without a doubt, the 1tb western digital my book world edition is the easiest to use nas ive ever tried. I opened up the enclosure and pulled the internal hard drive out so i could connect the hdd to straight to my. Western digital my book mini usb port replacement ifixit. With my new wndr3400 and a western digital my book essential 1tb plugged into the usb port, how do i support two dell laptops running xp on your router. Theres virtually no setup, its remotely accessible and works flawlessly on both.
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