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Dropped HDD seems to be working fine with Windows, makes clicking noise when connected to Raspberry Pi 5
I dropped my External HDD (WD My Passport 5TB) while unplugging it from my Windows PCs USB port. Drop height was about 1m/3ft and it fell on the floor immediately after USB was disconnected. I'm ...
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EVGA GT1300 doesn't power 4TB Dell SAS drives from its SATA connectors, but does when connected to Molex; Why?
I've been having problems with enrolling some SAS hard drives (on a ZFS ZOL system of mine).
I had an EVGA 600w power supply. I thought maybe it was that or cables. I replaced the cables, still had ...
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No Hard Disk found Message on Boot up, SSD Map: Cannot find required map name
I had this issue "Motherboard saying that it cannot find required map name."
The referenced approach included the description:
So this is what is showed:
EFI Shell Version 2.31 [4.633]
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Are there different kinds of SATA power connectors, and if so, what terminology do I need to distinguish them?
I have two power cables that I'm trying to use to hook up multiple hard drives in an Unraid system. Both look superficially like this:
...with a 6-pin connector like this that goes into the power ...
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What's most important in a power supply for a video workstation build? Input voltage, amperage, efficiency, or # of SATA connectors?
This is a practice question for the CompTIA A+ exam. I understand from reading other posts that some have strong opinions on this cert, but I'd just like to know why one answer is correct. I've ...
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Full Format New 5 TB WD HDD external after 95% there is power outage
Full Format New 5 TB WD HDD external after 95% (after 60 hours of format) there is power outage so it fail to finish then i power on the laptop then use quick format to do format. Should i be worry if ...
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Two recent and (probably) working WD RED disks not detected by BIOS
I used to have a working NAS with the following four disks, all Western Digital Red :
2 4TB disks from 2013
1 4TB disk from 2019
1 4TB disk from 2021
The NAS was fully functional, and all disks ...
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HDDs disconnecting with a loud beep - Faulty motherboard?
I'll make this as short as possible.
Setup:
Mobo: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX
CPU: Ryzen 7 5700x
GPU: EVGA RTX 3060
PSU: Corsair SF750 Platinum
Storage: Crucial MX500 250Gb
Storage: Samsung 970 ...
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How to connect several external drives to Raspberry Pi via usb?
I have 3 external hard drives. I would like to connect them all to the Raspberry Pi and make them into a NAS server. How can I do this? Raspberry Pi's voltage is too low to power disks, but I have a ...
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PC starts but doesn't boot, no peripherals working, no network, won't turn off
Moments ago I was using my PC normally and I plugged in my phone. I was browsing its files, clicked on the option to sort them by date, and then the display, network and peripherals got disconnected ...
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I am sure there is electricity from the power supply, but the device won't power up
For someone without an electrical engineering background, I've searched this issue online but couldn't find satisfying answers, so I'm asking it here.
I have had this issue multiple times in the past.
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How to connect 4 HDDs to a PICO SPU which has only one 4 PIN Molex?
I want to exchange the PSU of my my HP ProLiant N40L Microserver with a PICO PSU which has 1x 24-Pin-ATX12V-2.x, 1x 4+4-Pin-12V, 1x 4-Pin-5,25", 1x 15-Pin-SATA connectors.
However, I have 4 HDDs ...
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New PSU not providing power to Hard Drives
I recently bought a new graphics card for my computer and a more powerful PSU to match the requirements. After installing the parts, when I tried starting the computer it didn't boot Windows and ...
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Repair hard drive short circuited by miss pinned PSU?
The RAID volume in my Synology NAS crashed and their advice was to plug the drives into another computer to attempt recovery. The volume crashed, but both drives were healthy and some of the data was ...
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What is 4-pin onboard HDD power connector on Supermicro?
I'm running server using Supermicro X10SDV-4F-TLN2F motherboard. But I found unusual 4-pin male molex power connector soldered into mobo and User's manual says this connector is HDD PWR, and exsisting ...
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