Re: hard drive connected to the slug

[Chris Burghart <burghart@ucar.edu>]

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.
Good luck, Chris