“hdparm -s 1” on USB disk -> bricked? – USB drive is on power on in standby mode which cannot be reverted with hdparm

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I have a disk which was apparently put into PUIS mode with hdparm.
As the disk does not spin up on power on automatically, I think I need to send it directly to the USB device (which is not even recognized as the device doesnt turn on)

I think this means the device is bricked but maybe someone has a solution?
The disk is a Western Digital My Passport 4TB with a WD Blue inside, model number WD40NMZW-11GX6S1 from 2018

Answer

Try to put the disk out of his plastic box and plug in directly on a sata plug + power. you may have better results, or a least more diagnostics in the dmesg log.

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Source : Link , Question Author : Questi , Answer Author : dominix

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