Re: [ts-7000] TS-7260 USB Hard Drive Issue

[Melvin Newman <>]

Yes.... just found out that you can actually plug a cheap molex connecter in upside down far enough to make a connection... the drive was powered... and then it was smoking... and now I am looking for a new drive.

Morale: "Dont mix late nights and voltage sensitive electronics..."

- Melvin

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Jim Jackson <> wrote:

 

On Wed, 22 Jun 2011, Don Tucker wrote:

> I experienced something similar when trying to run more than one expansion
> card from the TS-7260. You might try setting JP7 on the board. It bypasses the
> onboard voltage regulation (and requires that the external power supply be
> 5VDC). That solved my problem.

Another solution would be to power the USB drive separately.
Either mod a usb cable to do the necessary, or use a powered 3.5 inch disk
adapter with a 3.5 to 2.5 adapter.

>
> On 6/22/2011 8:56 AM, zexelon2 wrote:
> >
> > I have a TS-7260 that I am trying to set up with an external USB drive
> > (laptop drive) to store data on for my board, however I have an issue when I
> > plug the drive into the USB the board reboots and completely hard locks
> > (both red and green lights come on and stay solid).
> >
> > I have tried two separate adapters for both a SATA and IDE laptop drive
> > (size range 80 - 150 Gigs).
> >
> > Interestingly enough, the board immediately continues to boot and function
> > properly if I unplug the usb drive, I dont even have to reset it.
> >
> > Could this be a power issue? Do the laptop drives try to pull to much power
> > through the USB adapters? Or is there no way to even do this?
> >
> > Thank you very much for your help!
> >
> > - Melvin
> >
> >
>
>

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