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Seatools failing everything connected to USB docking station
The first 2 drives I tested from my readynas(with boot issues) resulted in saying that both drives had failed the short test. I thought I was in trouble then I tested it with an older version of the s...
Power is not delivered on the eSata cable - so all the drive power is coming from one supply. And of course eSata is intended for external drives that have their own power.
BaJohn wrote: ]Doesn't this mean that current that is being used in the drive is from 2 different power supplies (your brick for 12/5 volts and laptop for data)? I appreciate that this may work, but isn't that technically not a good thing to do?
I have a Sabrent USB adapter kit that includes the drive power brick and the USB converter. I use its power brick and a Sata->eSata cable.
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