Chris Burghart schrieb am Freitag, 26. September 2008 23:17: > Michael Glockenstein wrote: > > Hello, > > some weeks ago I reported an error where my drive makes strange sounds like > > spinning up in 6 or 7 sequences, then noise, then spinning up again and the > > slug did respond anymore for login. Because nobody replied, I thought it was > > a one time accident, but three days before it happended again :-( > > So now I think about a solution the slug running all the time instead of > > shut it down > > in the evening and wake up in the morning. I have connected a 3.5" hd to > > port 1 > > with an external power supply in the moment. But this is power consuming > > too much. > > Is it possible to have a 2.5" notebook hd without external power supply > > connected > > to the slug and the usb port spends enough energy for that drive? > > Regards Michael > > I've been running a 2.5" drive powered only from the slug's USB > continuously for some time. While very old 2.5" drives may draw > too much current to be run from the slug, I think anything younger > than a few years old should be fine. *However*, slug power > supplies are notorious for failing over time, losing current capacity. > I would suggest finding a better 5V power supply for your slug > and see if that solves the problem.
The external power supply is the the same that I have used with this 3.5" drive together at the pc, there was never a problem before. But is it possible that at the end of the booting sequence of the slug some more current is needed or something other fails? If I think about it, even all the days, where the spinning sound does not occur, I do hear at least a rough positioning noise of the hard drive at the end of the boot sequence. Is this normal for the slug? Regards Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
