Ministation Plus doesn't light up.. HELP!!!

[sumirehana]

My Buffalo Ministation Plus 1TB is not lighting up, and doesn't show on My Computer or even on the Device Manager. I tried plugging it to different usb ports, as well as to 2 Windows desktop and a Windows laptop but to no avail. I can feel and hear the disk spinning/working, but there's no light (blue nor green).

 

To give some background, my Ministation Plus is about a year old. It hasn't been bumped, dropped or anything. Earlier this day, it was working fine when plugged to my laptop. I then plugged it to desktop 1 to transfer some files and it was still working. When I plugged it to desktop 2 (which has just been repaired), it didn't work. I thought the usb port of that desktop had a problem, but it turns out to be perfectly fine (tested with a flash drive). When I plugged back my Ministation Plus to my laptop, it wasn't working anymore.

 

I'm thinking that maybe I should try replacing the cable. But if cable's the problem, why is the disk still spinning?

 

I desperately need help!!! Anyone who knows what might be the problem and solution? I have about 150GB of files that I can't afford to lose! :((

[davo]

replace the USB cable, there are two internal parts, one for data and one for power, the data part might be damaged hense why it is still spinning up.

[davo]

Also, if you "can't afford to lose" files then you should always have a backup!! :-/

[sumirehana]

Thanks! I'll actually get a new cable later and hope that it works. And yes, I should've made a back-up. >.< I'll make sure to do it once I get my ministation running again.

[sumirehana]

I replaced the cable but it still doesn't work. I also tried using my cable on my friend's ministation and it worked perfectly fine. Have anyone also experienced this? Can I still do something to revive my ministation?