hard drive shuts down system

I've never encountered this one before. I have a rack system for a second
hard drive. My friend tells me that his hard drive crashed and asks if I
can take a look at it. When I try to power up the drive, the entire pc
shuts down. It's a Western Digital WD200EB 20GB drive. Has anyone
encountered anything like this and what are my options? Thanks for all
responses.

It sounds like there may be a short, etc. in the electronics card on the
harddrive.

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DaveW



"Martin Williams" <> wrote in message
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> I've never encountered this one before. I have a rack system for a second
> hard drive. My friend tells me that his hard drive crashed and asks if I
> can take a look at it. When I try to power up the drive, the entire pc
> shuts down. It's a Western Digital WD200EB 20GB drive. Has anyone
> encountered anything like this and what are my options? Thanks for all
> responses.
>
>