weird acomdata external enclosure behavior

[dr.kevin]

Acomdata external usb/esata hard drive suddenly stops being recognized by windows, front status light blinks red and blue, and there's a faint clicking noise.

hdd inside is a WD Green 1TB.

removed the hdd, hooked up to internal sata and power. Hdd runs fine, no clicking.

I test the enclosure by hooking up a dvd burner to it, put a dvd in the drive, and the acomdata enclosure works fine for this purpose.


Any thoughts why the hdd does not work with the enclosure, but the dvd burner does?

 

[Krispy Kritter]

Most failures with an external HDD are the enclosure. And a DVD drive isn't likely drawing the same amount of power as a HDD.

You've tested the HDD and it works, so get a new enclosure and move on.