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Originally Posted by Cheapliquid
iomega 100 gig external hard drive.
hard drive worked, but kept turning off randomly (overheated?)
was trying to put zune collection in software to put on zune. (kept turning off)
plugged in v5 adapter to give it more power and stay on.
Now it just stays on without any power running to it, but computer doesn't recognize it.
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OK.. when it turns off randomly, it's not getting enough power. When you access the harddrive, it use more electricity thus disconnecting because of lack of electricity. When you plugged in the 5v adapter, it stays on because your iomega 100gig external hdd is improperly designed so the power wouldn't cut off once it's disconected from the computer.
Also it doesn't make sense if you say it just stay on without any power runing to it, but computer doesn't recognize it.
Try giving it some power with the 5v power adapter and see if the computer detects it.