I had not even considered that the drive itself could cause the symptoms I have observed (except for the fsck errors, of course.) : not visible; power off; wiggle some connections; power on; now visible. I can install the drive in the desktop to check on its performance without the dock. But first I want to devise some characterization tests to better understand the failure rate.
On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 1:27 PM, wes <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 12:27 PM, Denis Heidtmann < > [email protected] > > wrote: > > > On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 9:48 AM, wes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > replace drive adapter and press any key to continue > > > > > > -wes > > > > > > > By "drive adapter" I assume you mean the NexStar model NSY-D100 hard > drive > > dock. What should I replace it with? I chose a HD dock because I use > the > > drive only once per week, so it does not make sense to have it running > all > > the time with such low usage. But these things are prone to issues. I > > took the thing apart, and I cannot say I am impressed with the > > workmanship. But I found nothing that I could pin the problems on. If I > > can find a way to check the power supply voltages (5V and 12V) I will do > > that. > > > > > > > > > yes, the thing you're using to connect the drive to the system. if the > problem goes away, we know it was that. if it continues, we're pretty sure > it's the drive itself. > > -wes > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
