USB harddisk not working
Posted: 19 Mar 2019, 00:06
Hi,
I am currently setting up my RevPi Core 3 which I hoped to be a more reliable replacement for my Raspberry Pi. I was mainly concerned about the SD card wearing out so I planned to attach a USB harddisk where I could save bot applications and sensor-like data.
I bought a new USB 3 harddisk (USB 2.0 compatible), and RevPi Core claims to provide the "full 500 mA" (it has the required 24 V power supply). However, the harddisk doesn't work at all. The model is Toshiba Canvio Connect II 2 TB. Luckily I had another USB harddisk at home (Verbatim 2 TB) I have been using for photo backups etc. and noticed that it appears to work. However, although it starts to rotate and so on, there are some unhealthy click noises. Already formatting it produced a number of I/O errors.
Why is that? Do I have to look closer at harddisks' requirements about the power consumption? Anything else I could to wrong?
I am currently setting up my RevPi Core 3 which I hoped to be a more reliable replacement for my Raspberry Pi. I was mainly concerned about the SD card wearing out so I planned to attach a USB harddisk where I could save bot applications and sensor-like data.
I bought a new USB 3 harddisk (USB 2.0 compatible), and RevPi Core claims to provide the "full 500 mA" (it has the required 24 V power supply). However, the harddisk doesn't work at all. The model is Toshiba Canvio Connect II 2 TB. Luckily I had another USB harddisk at home (Verbatim 2 TB) I have been using for photo backups etc. and noticed that it appears to work. However, although it starts to rotate and so on, there are some unhealthy click noises. Already formatting it produced a number of I/O errors.
Why is that? Do I have to look closer at harddisks' requirements about the power consumption? Anything else I could to wrong?