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2010/10/9 Fatih Tümen <fthtmn+gentoo@×××××.com>: |
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> Hi, |
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> When I ran eix hdf command, all of a sudden my usb drive started |
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> making weird noises. I only have ccache, distfiles and packaes |
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> directories on sda2, the usb disk partition. I don't know why eix |
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> waked up the disk. Eix hung there non-responding for a moment as the |
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> disk kept making noises, so I interrupted the task. Immediately |
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> checked the logs[0] and umounted the device as a reflex. |
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Hi, |
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I recently had USB external hdd that started to make clicking noises |
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and beeping sounds and I couldn't access it at all anymore. I thought |
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"oh no, click of death"... but I also noticed very faint high-pitch |
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sound coming from the power supply. I contacted the hdd manufacturer |
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and they sent me a new power supply for free. Everything worked |
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perfectly after replacing it. |
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In the past, with the same drive in fact, I also had problem with the |
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USB link dropping, which was causing disk corruption. I tried a |
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different USB cable but same problem persisted. Who knows if this was |
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also caused by the bad power supply, or USB hub overload on my |
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computer. I had about 10 USB devices attached at the time. I removed |
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some and moved around to spread the load out a bit and it worked fine |
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after that. |
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Since replacing the power supply, I've used the same hdd with 2 other |
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computers and haven't have any issues so far. |
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FWIW |
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