WD Mybook does not power on

I may have posted in the wrong section, but I'll ask anyway. I just purchased a WD My Book to use with time capsule, and it will no longer power on. I turned it off after back up, because I was also going to shut down my computer. I decided not to shut down my iMac, and I tried to turn my external hard drive back on, but it won't turn on. I checked the cables, but still no go. Anybody else experience this with the WD My Book external hard drive?

I just opened my iMac a few days ago, and this was the first time using time capsule, and now i'm having problems w/ my external. Is the external faulty, and should I just return it? It sounds like something is working in there but no light, and my Mac does not recognize

BlueRevolution said:

So you can hear the drive spinning normally?

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yeah...I can hear it. It does sound like it's spinning normally. When I unplug, I don't hear it anymore.

I just shut down my iMac, unplugged the firewire from both the external hard drive and the iMac, and also unplugged the power cable. Waited about 10 seconds, plugged everything back in and now the status light is back on. Hmmm...I might just return it away. I don't want to be worried about my external never coming back on again