On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 12:27:02PM -0700, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > 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.
Connectors should have a thick enough gold plating to be impervious to moisture. Most have just enough gold to be shiny and impress the rubes. Plugging and unplugging the drive wears them out pretty quickly. The chemistry of connector failure is fascinating ... and frightening. I have a DST100 and a DST200 dual dock which I haven't used yet. I probably should. I keep my backup drive in a cage inside the computer, probably not a good idea. If the power supply fails the wrong way, it takes out both my main and my backup hard drive. That's a good reason for an external drive on a separate power supply. However, the backup drive could be inside the case, on a short SATA cable, and connected to a small separate power supply on a separate power switch. Extra brownie points if we can trigger something that tells Linux to mount or unmount the drive. Perhaps we should collaborate and figure out a good way to do this, without the extra external "toaster" and more cables to fail. A power brick, wires, and a switch, not an extra box. Or simply a small PCB with a front panel on/off switch and circuit breakers that trigger if the system power voltage exceeds limits. Keith -- Keith Lofstrom [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
