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[SOLVED] LaCie External HD no longer recognized by CDJ 2000s

Hello. Over the last six months I have been using a 500G LaCie Rikki external HD with CDJ 2000s with no issues. All tracks are run through Rekordbox and the drive is formatted to Pioneer spec. However, I discovered this past weekend that the CDJ 2000s no longer recognize the drive when I plug it in - the port light on the player does not come on, and the player reads, "NO USB." I have tried it with another set of players with the same result. Rekordbox sees the drive just fine, and I take great care to store and transport the drive in a padded case. 

Many of the posts I have seen here have referred to the drive's power draw being a usual culprit, but since the drive has performed perfectly in the past, I do not believe this could have suddenly become an issue. There must be another issue.

I would appreciate any insight. Thanks.

David Stone

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If you suspect it's the power, there's a USB 'Y' cable you can get that enables you to plug one into the CDJ port, and the other into a power source like a smartphone charger (these typically have a high power spec, 2amps is the target, FWIW.)

 

Otherwise, I'd suggest running CHKDSK on windows or similar tool on mac.  The CDJ's are pretty 'chatty' with keeping sectors open on the disk and if the device is unplugged or powered down before the stop procedure, it will trash both the open sector along with the file allocation table, rendering the device effectively corrupt.  This can also happen on the computer, too, but modern OS's are better behaved about queued writing behavior so the only times you'll likely see this is if things get killed in the middle of writing a file out to disk (like copying a file, editing tags, etc. and the cord gets yanked.)

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Hi thanks for the response. I believe the latter might be a more likely culprit. I never had any issue with the CDJs powering the hard drive. It's a 5400 RPM drive on USB2 so the power drain should not be more than 500mA. Being a Mac user, I did scan the drive with Disc Utility and it did not show any issues with the disc. That's not to say that another disc utility program couldn't pick up any corruption issues. Worst comes to worst will be reformatting the drive and importing the playlists from Rekordbox. I'm making back-up USBs for the time being, and my current residencies are set up to allow me to plug my laptop into the network, so I'm not completely hooped. I will repost if I come up with anything. Thanks again!

 

 

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@David > Following on from what @Pope said - if the problem did arise from plugging out the drive and corrupting the table then you should download TestDisk to repair the MBR - its pretty straight forward and should set you right.

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I'll try that. However, i've gone for the "scorched earth" approach. I've erased the drive and reformatted to FAT32, then importing my playlists again, hope luck will strike. Will keep you posted!

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@David > Ah ok - the sign of a man at his wits end ;)

Good luck with it and please let us know if it works out for you.

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