Wim Vandeputte Mailing list only wrote: > On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 09:50:12AM +0100, Henrik /KaarPoSoft wrote: > >> I have a net5501, which seems to work with a Kingston 64GB SSDnowV+ >> (SATA) and Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 (3.5" 160GB) SATA. >> However, I can not get it to work with my Seagate Barracuda ES SATA >> 3.0Gb/s 750-GB Hard Drive (ST3750640NS). >> > > If you want to power a 3.5" disk from the internal 5501 SATA power connector, > then only the WD Green Power disks work reliable, according to my experiences. > > Other drives suck way too much power at startup so they get missed > during the BIOS detection or they just prevent the 5501 from booting all > together > > http://soekris.kd85.com/images/dsc/tn/dsc07815.jpg.html > > There are ways around it, you can get a converter from 12 V to 12 & 5 V > to power the harddisk like this: > > http://soekris.kd85.com/images/tn/dsc07830.jpg.html > > and connect that to the 12 V power supply and power both the disk and the > 5501 from that. > > By the way, I noticed that if you power the 5501 with a 16 V or heigher > power supply (like an IBM laptop power supply), it does not boot the > 5501 + WD Green Power disk. 12 V works just fine. > > The 5501 is designed to be used with 2.5" drives, not 3.5" drives Thank you very much for your insights, Wim!
After a month of waiting I have finally taken delivery of a WD Scorpio Blue 640 GB SATA Hard Drive (WD6400BEVT). And it works like a charm with my net5501. /Henrik _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
