Re: External hard drive failing?

Jeffrey Taylor <[email protected]> Sun, 12 Jun 2022 08:53:08 -0500
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On 6/12/22 05:36, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 10:10:25PM -0500, Jeffrey Taylor wrote:
>> I have a Verbatim external USB 3.0 hard drive.  For the second time
>> in a month, my laptop running Leap 15.3, fails to recognize when
> ...
>> familiar?  Is USB port failing?  Probably not, same thing happens
> ...
>
> USB connectors can corrode, perhaps an insulating oxide
> film has grown over the contacts.  This happened to some
> of my cheap flash drives.
>
> Too cheap to waste time on, but if there was something
> irreplaceable on a drive, I would clean the gold contacts
> with lens paper and isopropyl alcohol.
>
> Your problem might be zapped interface electronics.  The
> hard drive inside might be fine - with a SATA interface
> on the drive itself that you can connect to directly.
>
> My guesses, worth every penny you paid for them.
>
> Keith
>
This is a USB only hard drive.  Not an SATA in an enclosure.  I will try 
cleaning the contacts.

Thanks,
   Jeffrey

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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/12/22 05:36, Keith Lofstrom wrote:<br>
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      <pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">On Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 10:10:25PM -0500, Jeffrey Taylor wrote:
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        <pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">I have a Verbatim external USB 3.0 hard drive.  For the second time
in a month, my laptop running Leap 15.3, fails to recognize when
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        <pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">familiar?  Is USB port failing?  Probably not, same thing happens
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USB connectors can corrode, perhaps an insulating oxide
film has grown over the contacts.  This happened to some
of my cheap flash drives. 

Too cheap to waste time on, but if there was something
irreplaceable on a drive, I would clean the gold contacts
with lens paper and isopropyl alcohol.  

Your problem might be zapped interface electronics.  The
hard drive inside might be fine - with a SATA interface
on the drive itself that you can connect to directly.

My guesses, worth every penny you paid for them.

Keith

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    <p>This is a USB only hard drive.  Not an SATA in an enclosure.  I
      will try cleaning the contacts.</p>
    <p>Thanks,<br>
        Jeffrey<br>
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