[lug] boot eSata

[Bear Giles]

I had a carrier fan fail.  It took some time to figure out that the noise
and system failures were due to the fan failing and drive overheating, not
the disk itself going out.


On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Lori Reed <lorireed at lightning-rose.com>wrote:

> karl horlen wrote:
>
> >> Not with eSATA or SATA, but since the early 90's I've
> >> installed all my
> >> desktop 3.5" PATA and SCSI disks in mobile carriers. This
> >> works well if
> >> your computer case has at least one 5.25" slot on the
> >> front. I've also
> >> installed these carriers in external USB/1394 drives.
> >>
> >> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=mobile+dock+sata
> >>
> >> I've used these with multiple versions of MS, Linux, and
> >> QNX.
> >
> > i've thought about these mobile carrier options myself.  i always
> wondered if the connectors would get bent or something when you were
> removing and reinstalling the drives over time.  but i guess from your
> experience there's not issues with that.
>
> I've never had a failure with the connectors, but after a few years the
> fan bearings in the cheap plastic frames can get rather noisy.
>
> > i'm thinking with eSata that boots, it's even simpler to plug the drive
> in and go versus installing a mobile carrier.
>
> Maybe. But something else to consider is that with the mobile carriers
> the wear and tear is on the frame/carrier connectors rather than the
> drive connectors.
>
> Lori
>
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