Thank you for being a valued part of the CNET community. As of December 1, 2020, the forums are in read-only format. In early 2021, CNET Forums will no longer be available. We are grateful for the participation and advice you have provided to one another over the years.

Thanks,

CNET Support

General discussion

Bizarre WD MyBook error

Feb 5, 2007 1:51PM PST

Just plug the power cable into my 320gb pro and it starts whistling! The light wont turn on and the ******* wont connect to my laptop at all (or my desktop, for that matter.) Sporadically, it will start working again after multiple plug-ins to the power only to revert back to whistling. The whistling itself sounds like a resisted battery hooked up directly to a speaker- more archaic than motherboard beeps, even, and often decreasing in frequency while plugged in. Anyone else had this problem?

Discussion is locked