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Pyrotechnic · 12-24-2006, 09:46 AM

I think the problem I'm having is an overheating issue, mainly because this is a crappy $30 fanless USB 2.0 enclosure that i'm using. In addition, the drive had been working flawlessly in my desktop for years until I moved it into the external case. My theory of whats happening is that after awhile of being on, the drive gets hot enough to the point where it's having trouble reading and writing data. When that happens, the drive recalibrates itself which is the sound of the drive restarting. When it gets the point of being that hot, it just keeps recalibrating. The click sound that i'm getting isn't as bad as the heads and actuator arms bouncing off the insides of the drive that i've heard from other hard drives, it just sounds more like they are being parked so the drive can restart itself.

I mainly bought the crappy enclosure to bring the data out of my desktop system back with me back home for the holidays, since I had no way to bring my desktop back. I'm only turning on the drive for as long as I need to now, and if I do have to leave it running, I aimed a desk fan at it so it stays cool. Seems to work fine. Dont think there's any damage done to the drive since I've been quick to act when it started recalibrating itself constantly, but I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Moral of the story, dont buy fanless USB 2.0 enclosures if you want to put a 7200+ RPM drive in it and you actually care about your data. Be prepared to spend $45-$60 on a nice one that has nice airflow characteristics.

12-24-2006, 09:46 AM	#3
Pyrotechnic Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 240	Re: Paging Error ? I think the problem I'm having is an overheating issue, mainly because this is a crappy $30 fanless USB 2.0 enclosure that i'm using. In addition, the drive had been working flawlessly in my desktop for years until I moved it into the external case. My theory of whats happening is that after awhile of being on, the drive gets hot enough to the point where it's having trouble reading and writing data. When that happens, the drive recalibrates itself which is the sound of the drive restarting. When it gets the point of being that hot, it just keeps recalibrating. The click sound that i'm getting isn't as bad as the heads and actuator arms bouncing off the insides of the drive that i've heard from other hard drives, it just sounds more like they are being parked so the drive can restart itself. I mainly bought the crappy enclosure to bring the data out of my desktop system back with me back home for the holidays, since I had no way to bring my desktop back. I'm only turning on the drive for as long as I need to now, and if I do have to leave it running, I aimed a desk fan at it so it stays cool. Seems to work fine. Dont think there's any damage done to the drive since I've been quick to act when it started recalibrating itself constantly, but I'll keep my fingers crossed. Moral of the story, dont buy fanless USB 2.0 enclosures if you want to put a 7200+ RPM drive in it and you actually care about your data. Be prepared to spend $45-$60 on a nice one that has nice airflow characteristics.