Storage Solutions How the hell should I connect a WD My Book to a power source?

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Bluffmaster

Bluffmaster

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Hi Guys,

I am really p1ssed off atm. I bought the My Book 1TB today (finally) and I am unable to connect it to any power source. The freaking adapter doesn't fit any power socket in my house. I have tried everything from a power switch to extension cords. I am desperate to get it running. Please guide me, how the hell should I connect it?
 
I think you need to get an adapter plug. Is it the connector where the lower two pins are slant?

Actually, I wonder why this has not been reported earlier. Even why I got a maxtor PS3100 100GB external drive some time ago, I faced this issue. Fortunately, I had some kind of a adapter plug handy.
 
Well somebody should have told me about it. :( :|

They have provided 2 stupid connectors :

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Now what the hell am I supposed to do, I was so excited to get it up and running. :|
 
:lol:

You're in the same boat as I was when i got this thing.

Dont you've a spike guard at home? Most of 'em should have the socket that supports that sorta plug which comes with the mybook series adapters.

PS: Me at office. Cant see any images. Hope its the same slightly tilted pins for the plug. :)
 
I don't have a spike gaurd, as far as the connectors are concerned, one connector has 3 big pins, 2 of those pins r silver and the remaining one is black. The other connector has 2 small pins with holes in them.

Anyways, whats the solution, I am so freaking tired, do I have to travel again all the way to the market? :(
 
No big deal :P Go get a universal socket adapter for 30-40 bucks from your friendly neighborhood electrical store.
 
^ yeah ... buy a spike guard, that will take care of your future woes as well if you get such a kind of pin configuration (even my PSP charger has the same config :P)
 
You could have saved the ten bucks if you did some R&D:

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:)

Edit: if those are the only two adapters you got then its a different story...
 
that 3 pin is the same which used to come with ipods when wall chargers were supplied. how much did u pay for your hdd?
 
I removed the enclosure of my 500GB MyBook home and ripped the HD out. Its a WD5000AAVS Green Power drive inside.

BTW the storage controller comes with the SATA & pwr connectors soldered on the board so any drive could be used as an external drive like the ones found on the Vantec dock. :P
 
Edit: if those are the only two adapters you got then its a different story...
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Duh!! :P Ofcourse those were the only 2 adapter pins supplied with the hdd, why else would I have made this thread? :P
 
Bluffmaster said:
Ok, problem solved. Got a 2 pin converter for 10 bucks. :P It was a PITA though. :P Thanks :)
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All's well that ends well. I had a slightly worse situation last weekend. I was installing my new HP AIO and found it had a power plug that had two pins slanting. That wouldn't go into either of my spike guards with all those variations of sockets. Finally I simply cut the wire near the plug and fixed a standard Anchor type plug lying around the house to the wire. Job done.
 
Emil said:
All's well that ends well. I had a slightly worse situation last weekend. I was installing my new HP AIO and found it had a power plug that had two pins slanting. That wouldn't go into either of my spike guards with all those variations of sockets. Finally I simply cut the wire near the plug and fixed a standard Anchor type plug lying around the house to the wire. Job done.
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You get convertors for slanting pins also. Actually, come to think of it, enterprising TE dealers could provide a service by sourcing and couriering these convertors ;).
 
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