I have several LaCie external drives, almost all of which cause endless trouble. Mostly it is their crappy power supplies that give out, so I wonder if anyone here has a suggestion for alternative source for power units for these drives that will not die after a few months?
I am looking at power units for 1TB, 500GB, and 350GB drives, as well as for a d2 optical disk drive/writer.
In article clark-7A7DBE.08190413112012@redacted.invalid, William Clark clark@redacted.invalid wrote:
I have several LaCie external drives, almost all of which cause endless trouble. Mostly it is their crappy power supplies that give out, so I wonder if anyone here has a suggestion for alternative source for power units for these drives that will not die after a few months?
I am looking at power units for 1TB, 500GB, and 350GB drives, as well as for a d2 optical disk drive/writer.
I tend to prefer to buy my own high quality hard drive enclosures and drives separately.
In article jollyroger-8CDCB8.08071613112012@redacted.invalid, Jolly Roger jollyroger@redacted.invalid wrote:
In article clark-7A7DBE.08190413112012@redacted.invalid, William Clark clark@redacted.invalid wrote:
I have several LaCie external drives, almost all of which cause endless trouble. Mostly it is their crappy power supplies that give out, so I wonder if anyone here has a suggestion for alternative source for power units for these drives that will not die after a few months?
I am looking at power units for 1TB, 500GB, and 350GB drives, as well as for a d2 optical disk drive/writer.
I tend to prefer to buy my own high quality hard drive enclosures and drives separately.
Fine - so what power supplies do you buy?
In article clark-6087C6.17001513112012@redacted.invalid, William Clark clark@redacted.invalid wrote:
In article jollyroger-8CDCB8.08071613112012@redacted.invalid, Jolly Roger jollyroger@redacted.invalid wrote:
In article clark-7A7DBE.08190413112012@redacted.invalid, William Clark clark@redacted.invalid wrote:
I have several LaCie external drives, almost all of which cause endless trouble. Mostly it is their crappy power supplies that give out, so I wonder if anyone here has a suggestion for alternative source for power units for these drives that will not die after a few months?
I am looking at power units for 1TB, 500GB, and 350GB drives, as well as for a d2 optical disk drive/writer.
I tend to prefer to buy my own high quality hard drive enclosures and drives separately.
Fine - so what power supplies do you buy?
I don't. I buy enclosures that come with power supplies. I have had good experiences with enclosures sold by http://macsales.com, and I'd had decent experiences with the Metal Gear brand of enclosures.
In article jollyroger-43485F.18014113112012@redacted.invalid, Jolly Roger jollyroger@redacted.invalid wrote:
In article clark-6087C6.17001513112012@redacted.invalid, William Clark clark@redacted.invalid wrote:
In article jollyroger-8CDCB8.08071613112012@redacted.invalid, Jolly Roger jollyroger@redacted.invalid wrote:
In article clark-7A7DBE.08190413112012@redacted.invalid, William Clark clark@redacted.invalid wrote:
I have several LaCie external drives, almost all of which cause endless trouble. Mostly it is their crappy power supplies that give out, so I wonder if anyone here has a suggestion for alternative source for power units for these drives that will not die after a few months?
I am looking at power units for 1TB, 500GB, and 350GB drives, as well as for a d2 optical disk drive/writer.
I tend to prefer to buy my own high quality hard drive enclosures and drives separately.
Fine - so what power supplies do you buy?
I don't. I buy enclosures that come with power supplies. I have had good experiences with enclosures sold by http://macsales.com, and I'd had decent experiences with the Metal Gear brand of enclosures.
Fair enough - I've done that with some OWC enclosures, and had excellent results. But I have these d*** LaCie drives that an organization bought for me to use for them, and I would just like to get power to them.
In article clark-3869B9.21533113112012@redacted.invalid, William Clark clark@redacted.invalid wrote:
In article jollyroger-43485F.18014113112012@redacted.invalid, Jolly Roger jollyroger@redacted.invalid wrote:
In article clark-6087C6.17001513112012@redacted.invalid, William Clark clark@redacted.invalid wrote:
In article jollyroger-8CDCB8.08071613112012@redacted.invalid, Jolly Roger jollyroger@redacted.invalid wrote:
In article clark-7A7DBE.08190413112012@redacted.invalid, William Clark clark@redacted.invalid wrote:
I have several LaCie external drives, almost all of which cause endless trouble. Mostly it is their crappy power supplies that give out, so I wonder if anyone here has a suggestion for alternative source for power units for these drives that will not die after a few months?
I am looking at power units for 1TB, 500GB, and 350GB drives, as well as for a d2 optical disk drive/writer.
I tend to prefer to buy my own high quality hard drive enclosures and drives separately.
Fine - so what power supplies do you buy?
I don't. I buy enclosures that come with power supplies. I have had good experiences with enclosures sold by http://macsales.com, and I'd had decent experiences with the Metal Gear brand of enclosures.
Fair enough - I've done that with some OWC enclosures, and had excellent results. But I have these d*** LaCie drives that an organization bought for me to use for them, and I would just like to get power to them.
Are they internal or external? If they're external, finding a suitable replacement should be relatively easy.
On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:19:04 -0500, William Clark clark@redacted.invalid wrote:
I have several LaCie external drives, almost all of which cause endless trouble. Mostly it is their crappy power supplies that give out, so I wonder if anyone here has a suggestion for alternative source for power units for these drives that will not die after a few months?
I am looking at power units for 1TB, 500GB, and 350GB drives, as well as for a d2 optical disk drive/writer.
I had a LaCie, that had a power supply die. They sent me a new one that worked a while, then died again. That replacement didn't fix it. I switched to a GoFlex drive with a Firewire base and haven't yet had problems with it. (My wife has one too).
In article jollyroger-99D81F.19060613112012@redacted.invalid, Jolly Roger jollyroger@redacted.invalid wrote:
In article clark-3869B9.21533113112012@redacted.invalid, William Clark clark@redacted.invalid wrote:
In article jollyroger-43485F.18014113112012@redacted.invalid, Jolly Roger jollyroger@redacted.invalid wrote:
In article clark-6087C6.17001513112012@redacted.invalid, William Clark clark@redacted.invalid wrote:
In article jollyroger-8CDCB8.08071613112012@redacted.invalid, Jolly Roger jollyroger@redacted.invalid wrote:
In article clark-7A7DBE.08190413112012@redacted.invalid, William Clark clark@redacted.invalid wrote:
I have several LaCie external drives, almost all of which cause endless trouble. Mostly it is their crappy power supplies that give out, so I wonder if anyone here has a suggestion for alternative source for power units for these drives that will not die after a few months?
I am looking at power units for 1TB, 500GB, and 350GB drives, as well as for a d2 optical disk drive/writer.
I tend to prefer to buy my own high quality hard drive enclosures and drives separately.
Fine - so what power supplies do you buy?
I don't. I buy enclosures that come with power supplies. I have had good experiences with enclosures sold by http://macsales.com, and I'd had decent experiences with the Metal Gear brand of enclosures.
Fair enough - I've done that with some OWC enclosures, and had excellent results. But I have these d*** LaCie drives that an organization bought for me to use for them, and I would just like to get power to them.
Are they internal or external? If they're external, finding a suitable replacement should be relatively easy.
They are external, and you are right - replacing them is simple. What I was asking for were recommendations for a make and type of replacement supply.
In article clark-C4CE9E.08252315112012@redacted.invalid, William Clark clark@redacted.invalid wrote:
In article jollyroger-99D81F.19060613112012@redacted.invalid, Jolly Roger jollyroger@redacted.invalid wrote:
In article clark-3869B9.21533113112012@redacted.invalid, William Clark clark@redacted.invalid wrote:
In article jollyroger-43485F.18014113112012@redacted.invalid, Jolly Roger jollyroger@redacted.invalid wrote:
In article clark-6087C6.17001513112012@redacted.invalid, William Clark clark@redacted.invalid wrote:
In article jollyroger-8CDCB8.08071613112012@redacted.invalid, Jolly Roger jollyroger@redacted.invalid wrote:
In article clark-7A7DBE.08190413112012@redacted.invalid, William Clark clark@redacted.invalid wrote:
I have several LaCie external drives, almost all of which cause endless trouble. Mostly it is their crappy power supplies that give out, so I wonder if anyone here has a suggestion for alternative source for power units for these drives that will not die after a few months?
I am looking at power units for 1TB, 500GB, and 350GB drives, as well as for a d2 optical disk drive/writer.
I tend to prefer to buy my own high quality hard drive enclosures and drives separately.
Fine - so what power supplies do you buy?
I don't. I buy enclosures that come with power supplies. I have had good experiences with enclosures sold by http://macsales.com, and I'd had decent experiences with the Metal Gear brand of enclosures.
Fair enough - I've done that with some OWC enclosures, and had excellent results. But I have these d*** LaCie drives that an organization bought for me to use for them, and I would just like to get power to them.
Are they internal or external? If they're external, finding a suitable replacement should be relatively easy.
They are external, and you are right - replacing them is simple. What I was asking for were recommendations for a make and type of replacement supply.
Right. Unfortunately, I haven't ever had the occasion to need one. Maybe someone else can comment...
On 14/11/12 03:53, William Clark wrote:
In articlejollyroger-43485F.18014113112012@redacted.invalid, Jolly Rogerjollyroger@redacted.invalid wrote:
In articleclark-6087C6.17001513112012@redacted.invalid, William Clarkclark@redacted.invalid wrote:
In articlejollyroger-8CDCB8.08071613112012@redacted.invalid, Jolly Rogerjollyroger@redacted.invalid wrote:
In articleclark-7A7DBE.08190413112012@redacted.invalid, William Clarkclark@redacted.invalid wrote:
I have several LaCie external drives, almost all of which cause endless trouble. Mostly it is their crappy power supplies that give out, so I wonder if anyone here has a suggestion for alternative source for power units for these drives that will not die after a few months?
I am looking at power units for 1TB, 500GB, and 350GB drives, as well as for a d2 optical disk drive/writer.
I tend to prefer to buy my own high quality hard drive enclosures and drives separately.
Fine - so what power supplies do you buy?
I don't. I buy enclosures that come with power supplies. I have had good experiences with enclosures sold by http://macsales.com, and I'd had decent experiences with the Metal Gear brand of enclosures.
Fair enough - I've done that with some OWC enclosures, and had excellent results. But I have these d*** LaCie drives that an organization bought for me to use for them, and I would just like to get power to them.
From my little experience with Lacie drives I can say :
- The power supply for a 500GB drive can without a hiccup aliment a 1TB drive. 2 years ago I kicked accidentally a running 500 MB Quadra. I opened the drive ( very easy ) inserted a 1TB Seagate to replace the dead 500 GB and the revived drive (baptized LaSeaGate) have been running up to now without problems with the original power supply.
- I have 3 Lacie Quadra drives connected thru eSata. In 3 years, I had 2 drive failures ( one reported above) and one power supply to replace (not the one I spoke of in 1) ) . This is not an entire satisfecit for Lacie, but not a total failure either : drives do fail sometimes.