Failure to mount 8TB drive?

[alanschenk]

Good evening

I purchased this drive about two weeks ago, use it as my primary drive for itunes and backup to a Drobo. I've come back from a week away, and the drive fails to mount. I've rebooted the drive and iMac a number of times with no luck. System Profiler on the iMac fails to see this drive at all, nor does disk utility. I've even swapped thunderbolt cables. The light on the front does come on and off as it powers up and down.

Any ideas as to what I can do next?

Regards

Alan

[Gene G]

Hi Alan,

Thanks for your post. Have you tried a different cable, or on another computer? It sounds like it could be a bad cable or defective controller board in the drive. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,

[alanschenk]

Hi Alan,

Thanks for your post. Have you tried a different cable, or on another computer? It sounds like it could be a bad cable or defective controller board in the drive. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,

Hi thanks for the response. Yes I have tried a brand new cable, still the same issue. I don't have access to another computer with a thunderbolt interface I'm afraid.

Any suggestions as to what I should do next?

Regards

[Gene G]

Hi Alan,

It sounds like the issue may lie with your controller board in your drive. If you are within the return period, I would recommend that you take it back to where you purchased it and exchange for a new unit. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,