[ltp] External hard drive failing?

[Jeffrey Taylor]

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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