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Title: SATA Drive making clicking noise
Post by: strider on August 11, 2015, 07:24:48 PM

I'm using the A20-OLINUXINO-MICRO with a small SATA drive. When I plug in the cables and boot the A20 it comes up fine, but the disk doesnt auto-mount. Also I notice the drive makes a constant clicking sound, about once a second.

It's a new disk - so not expecting any issues at this stage.

Title: Re: SATA Drive making clicking noise
Post by: JohnS on August 11, 2015, 07:56:43 PM

Probably not providing the right power to the drive or a cable problem.

Don't rely on a new drive being OK - test it.

John

Title: Re: SATA Drive making clicking noise
Post by: strider on August 12, 2015, 12:57:55 PM

Thanks - I was trying to power it from the A20 board with the power adapter. Using an external PSU worked fine.

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OLinuXino Android / Linux boards and System On Modules => A20 => Topic started by: strider on August 11, 2015, 07:24:48 PM