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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive noise
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 08:49:03 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151220084903.3572e1ed@digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <59.72.27636.0E666765@dnvrco-oedge01>

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On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 08:28:30 +0000, Thomas Mueller wrote:

> > I think USB 3.0 is cheaper and more common.
> > Only seen the occasional eSATA port on laptops and afaik, eSATA
> > requires a seperate powersupply. USB can supply the power for the
> > drive as well.  

> USB hard drives, in my experience, come with and require AC power
> adapter, are not powered by the USB itself.

3.5" drives do, but 2.5" drives can run off the USE bus, especially with
USB 3.0's higher current capacity.


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Neil Bothwick

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  reply	other threads:[~2015-12-20  8:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-12-19  0:01 [gentoo-user] Hard drive noise Dale
2015-12-19  0:04 ` Ian Bloss
2015-12-19  0:33   ` Dale
2015-12-19  0:40 ` Bill Kenworthy
2015-12-19  0:47   ` Ian Bloss
2015-12-19  3:07     ` wabenbau
2015-12-19  3:27       ` Ian Bloss
2015-12-19  0:49   ` Dale
2015-12-19  0:57     ` covici
2015-12-19  1:06       ` Dale
2015-12-19  3:27     ` Rich Freeman
2015-12-19  7:56       ` covici
2015-12-19 13:11         ` Rich Freeman
2015-12-19 14:48           ` covici
2015-12-20  7:15             ` [gentoo-user] btrfs strategies (wasHard drive noise) covici
2015-12-20  7:40               ` J. Roeleveld
2015-12-20  9:41                 ` Stefan G. Weichinger
2015-12-20 11:25                   ` covici
2015-12-20 12:15                     ` Rich Freeman
2015-12-19  0:51   ` [gentoo-user] Hard drive noise Adam Carter
2015-12-19  1:14     ` Dale
2015-12-19  1:18       ` Ian Bloss
2015-12-19  1:37 ` Dale
2015-12-19  3:05   ` wabenbau
2015-12-19  8:36     ` J. Roeleveld
2015-12-19 10:12       ` Thomas Mueller
2015-12-19 13:02         ` Rich Freeman
2015-12-19 14:05           ` J. Roeleveld
2015-12-19 14:01         ` J. Roeleveld
2015-12-20  8:28           ` Thomas Mueller
2015-12-20  8:49             ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2015-12-20  4:20       ` wabenbau
2015-12-19 17:03 ` [gentoo-user] " James
2016-01-02  7:20 ` [gentoo-user] " Håkon Alstadheim
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2015-12-19  3:48 John Runyon

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