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Elements 4tb portable blinking after power down

Hi. I have Elements 4TB portable and its led starts blinking (flashing rapidly) after eject. The motor spins down properly, but why is this one doesn’t have standard fade-in fade-out style sleep led activity after being ejected? Help needed.

Hi @cqggdgkopyfmoznqng,

Please contact the WD Technical Support team for best assistance and troubleshooting:
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support couldn’t help. any ideas?
the drive starts blinking (like it is being written) after i eject it. motor spins down, but blinking never stops. it flashes rapidly and indefinitely.

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