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WD blue that Spins up then Shuts off

I have a WD blue that we kept for an archive for legal reasons and now need.  The drive spins up and then shutsdown.   This worked last week.  There a firmware upgrade for it. 

model  wd3200aajs-65m0a0

Hello, 

Welcome to the WD Community.

At the moment there’s no firmware updates for this internal drive. 

As a recommendation, test the unit on a different PC and if possible using a different cables.

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