Re: What would cause a widget disk to apply the head break suddenly?

Am Montag, 20. Februar 2017 04:32:54 UTC+1 schrieb compu_85:

After the drive as run for a while the head break will suddenly click on.
> Of course the drive stops responding at this point.
>
> I can also hear the disk RPM changing after this happens... sounds like it
> speeds up, then cuts the motor off for a moment, then comes back on..
>
>
Check your power supply. This happens when the 12 V line is weak or has excessive ripple.

>From these power dropouts your drive may collect some bad blocks, but this
can be healed by reformatting.

Best regards
Patrick  

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