hi i have a white macbook and every time i connect my wd passport 320gb to it (via USB, this is the only connection it has), it connects, then a couple seconds later, it disconnects.. and says my device was not properly ejected.. but then it keeps connecting and then disconnecting over and over again without me even touching it.. saying the same thing every time.. and while its doing this, the HD makes some clicking noises so i freak out and unplug it cuz my life is on this HD.. i cant get the HD to be connected without a problem for more than 5 minutes.. but the weird thing about this is i also have a pretty new imac, and when i connect the HD to the imac, there are no problems what so ever. i dont think its disconnected once from it.. this thing is so frustrating, ive searched all over the forums but none seem to be like my case.. i dont know if its my HD or if its my macbook.. im thinking something's wrong with my USB sockets on my macbook but im really not computer literate so im not sure.. ive been using this HD for about a year no problem but it just recently started doing this.. both my macbook and imac are running the same version snow leopard.. here's some specs on my macbook if that'll help any.. please!! does anybody out there know whats going on with my hard drive? u'd be saving my LIFE! thank you!! let me know if anybody needs more info on this..
the external is mac osx journaled.. partitioned into 2 drives
Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook2,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB21.00A5.B07
SMC Version (system): 1.17f0
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
oh yea... i also ran disk utility on it and it says both volumes appear to be ok..
the external is mac osx journaled.. partitioned into 2 drives
Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook2,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB21.00A5.B07
SMC Version (system): 1.17f0
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
oh yea... i also ran disk utility on it and it says both volumes appear to be ok..