Just got off the phone with tech support from Western Digital.. seems the powerbook USB ports dont give off enough power to properly run the external hard drive, so they are shipping a power booster cable. Im keeping my fingers crossed, hoping this resolves the issue
Just wanted to post for others reference..
I have a powerbook running OSX 10.3.9.. just bought a WD 80 GB external drive to free up some space on the laptop. However, my mac is not reading the drive. I have tried the drive out on other computers, and there is no problem.. works perfect. So I am thinking this is an issue with my powerbook. Doe anyone have any suggestions? This is frustrating, I've tried googling this, but no luck. All issues seem to be external hard drive related ![]()
-Dean

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