External Hard Drive Enclosure Power issues

I have a 200gb Maxtor hd, that i placed in an external comp-usa
enclosure, and Ive been using it for the last few months. All of a
sudden, last week the enclosure stopped powering up, leading me to
believe that either the case was dead or the harddrive. So I bought a
new enclosure, of far inferior quality, but even that one did not power
up either.
By the way, both enclosures are powered with a plug-in-to-wall power
cable, not usb.

So, hoping that my hd wasnt dead, I tested the hard drive in an
internal setup in my alienware tower, and it works fine. thankfully.

So i have centered the problem on a power issue, and I have tested both
enclosures in different sockets around my house. Any reccomendations on
what to do?
thanks

Jim

Define "does not power up".

<jman3478 DeleteThis @aol.com> wrote in message news:1157138713.177876.17640@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com
> I have a 200gb Maxtor hd, that i placed in an external comp-usa
> enclosure, and Ive been using it for the last few months. All of a
> sudden, last week the enclosure stopped powering up, leading me to
> believe that either the case was dead or the harddrive. So I bought a
> new enclosure, of far inferior quality, but even that one did not power
> up either.
> By the way, both enclosures are powered with a plug-in-to-wall power
> cable, not usb.
>
> So, hoping that my hd wasnt dead, I tested the hard drive in an
> internal setup in my alienware tower, and it works fine. thankfully.
>
> So i have centered the problem on a power issue, and I have tested both
> enclosures in different sockets around my house. Any reccomendations on
> what to do?
> thanks
>
> Jim