Hitachi 7200 rpm hard drive incompatible with r52?

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watchtower7 · #1 Post by **watchtower7** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 9:58 pm

I am trying to do a hard drive swap/clean install on my new r52.
When in insert it (properly installed in caddy etc) it goes to an error message.

Then I tried to open the drive connected to a usb adapter and it sits and clicks.

When I attach the drive to my dell no problems.

Any ideas?

ymemuser · #2 Post by **ymemuser** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:31 am

watchtower7 wrote:I am trying to do a hard drive swap/clean install on my new r52.
When in insert it (properly installed in caddy etc) it goes to an error message.

Then I tried to open the drive connected to a usb adapter and it sits and clicks.

When I attach the drive to my dell no problems.

Any ideas?

No ideas. Please share your farver experience.

#3 Post by **ZaZ** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 5:42 am

Which error message would this be?

#4 Post by **tomh009** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 6:36 am

watchtower7 wrote:Then I tried to open the drive connected to a usb adapter and it sits and clicks.

This one definitely means that it's not getting enough power. It could be the port, the USB enclosure or the variance on an individual drive (I also have a Hitachi 7K60 that will not power up from USB -- I had to use a housing with an external power supply).

watchtower7 · #5 Post by **watchtower7** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:32 am

I renstalled said drive in a dell just to be sure it worked-and it did, reformatted, reinstalled in the thinkpad, error message, managed to get thru windows install. Boots into error message and hit esc -works fine. Don't have a clue wha the problem is.

eMaringolo · #6 Post by **eMaringolo** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:49 pm

tomh009 wrote:
watchtower7 wrote:Then I tried to open the drive connected to a usb adapter and it sits and clicks.
This one definitely means that it's not getting enough power. It could be the port, the USB enclosure or the variance on an individual drive (I also have a Hitachi 7K60 that will not power up from USB -- I had to use a housing with an external power supply).

My external carry case comes with two USB connectors (to the host computer), which merge into a single connector for the carry. I have to unplug all the other USB devices and plug this two connector to have the 7K60 working.

#7 Post by **tomh009** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 5:36 pm

Sounds like you are hitting a total current output limit on your R52's USB subsystem. You should be fine once you mount the drive internally, though.

watchtower7 · #8 Post by **watchtower7** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:28 pm

uh.....no
Read the post.
And the drive works fine off my dell usb by the way.

#9 Post by **tomh009** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 4:12 am

As I said, it should work fine internally. Several posters have asked for details on that error message you are getting when you do that. Can you please provide details?

watchtower7 · #10 Post by **watchtower7** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 4:30 am

Not anymore. I sold it. I don't play well with idiotic cumbersome products.

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