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<blockquote data-quote="Raz0rEdge" data-source="post: 1446314" data-attributes="member: 110816"><p>Thread moved to the right forum..</p><p></p><p>If your external HD requires just 3a at 12v and you gave it 3.25a at 20v, that too much current and you'd most likely blow some capacitors or resisters on your way to the HD. There should be some protection circuitry around the HD for these kinds of situations and the HD itself is most likely OK and the enclosure might have taken the brunt of the damage.</p><p></p><p>Waiting for some time will not magically fix this, you will need to take the HD out of the enclosure and find another enclosure or computer to plug it into to see if your data is still there..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raz0rEdge, post: 1446314, member: 110816"] Thread moved to the right forum.. If your external HD requires just 3a at 12v and you gave it 3.25a at 20v, that too much current and you'd most likely blow some capacitors or resisters on your way to the HD. There should be some protection circuitry around the HD for these kinds of situations and the HD itself is most likely OK and the enclosure might have taken the brunt of the damage. Waiting for some time will not magically fix this, you will need to take the HD out of the enclosure and find another enclosure or computer to plug it into to see if your data is still there.. [/QUOTE]
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