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Cliff: New page: ===How to test External Hard Drive Enclosures=== - New Format # Have the Advanced Testing staff or key holder get you the following: :* External H.D. Testing Kit, which contains: :* Hard ...

2010-09-21T04:20:00Z

New page: ===How to test External Hard Drive Enclosures=== - New Format # Have the Advanced Testing staff or key holder get you the following: :* External H.D. Testing Kit, which contains: :* Hard ...

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===How to test External Hard Drive Enclosures=== - New Format
# Have the Advanced Testing staff or key holder get you the following:
:* External H.D. Testing Kit, which contains:
:* Hard Drives (<u>formatted, partitioned, & with files on them</u>),
:* Power Adapters.

# Match the power adapters with the external hard drive enclosures by looking at the connector, voltage and amps.(There may be matched hard drive enclosures in marked box from the Tardis.) Match volts & amps exactly.
'''Do <u>NOT</u> use a power adapter with less amps than the enclosure requires, you will get false a negative on the enclosure, either because it will not turn on at all, or because it will, but the drive will not be recognized.'''
Using a power adapter with the same volts but higher amps is a bad idea because this may send too many volts into the enclosure, depending both on if the enclosure requires a "regulated" power adapter, and whether or not the power adapter is "regulated".

# '''NEVER, under ANY circumstances, connect a donor's hard drive to a computer. Accessing donor data is a violation of FreeGeek's Data Security Policy.'''

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|width="25%" align="center"|STEPS
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| Plug it in and see if it gets power ||
; If not, try 1 or 2 more power adapters. If that doesn't work, recycle the enclosure '''after removing the hard drive'''.
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| Open the enclosure and remove the hard drive ||
Immediately give the hard drive to a key holder to lock it up. (If there is no-one around then put it in the incoming hard drive box in Pre-build).
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| Assemble the enclosure for testing ||
* Connect IDE ribbon cable or SATA cable to Advanced Testing Hard Drive.
* Connect FireWire Cable, Mini FireWire and or USB Cable to the enclosure and the External HD Testing Computer. (Can't test External Serial ATA yet).
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| If it mounts and you are able to open the files on the drive ||
* If you don't see it on desktop go to Places-> Computer and double-click on the icon.
* Remove the test drive.
* Fill out "Tested By" sticker - write whether it is SATA or IDE.
* Place it in the Store Box.
|-
| If it does not mount ||
* Try mounting it in command line if you know how.
|-
| It if still won't mount ||
* Remove the test drive and recycle the enclosure.
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[[Category:Hardware Testing]]
[[Category:Howto]]
[[Category:Advanced Testing]]

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−	~~:* Hard Drives (<u>formatted, partitioned, & with files on them</u>),~~
−	~~:* Power Adapters.~~
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−	Match the power adapters with the external hard drive enclosures by looking at the connector, voltage and amps.(There may be matched hard drive enclosures in marked box from the Tardis.) Match volts & amps exactly.
−	'''Do <u>NOT</u> use a power adapter with less amps than the enclosure requires, you will get false a negative on the enclosure, either because it will not turn on at all, or because it will, but the drive will not be recognized.'''
−	Using a power adapter with the same volts but higher amps is a bad idea because this may send too many volts into the enclosure, depending both on if the enclosure requires a "regulated" power adapter, and whether or not the power adapter is "regulated".
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−	~~'''NEVER, under ANY circumstances, connect a donor's hard drive to a computer. Accessing donor data is a violation of FreeGeek's Data Security Policy.'''~~
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−	~~\|width="25%" align="center"\|STEPS~~
−	~~\|width="75%" align="center"\|NOTES AND DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS~~
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−	~~\| Plug it in and see if it gets power \|\|~~
−	* If not, try 1 or 2 more power adapters. If that doesn't work, '''remove the donor's hard drive''', and recycle the enclosure.
−	\|-
−	~~\| Open the enclosure and remove the donor's hard drive \|\|~~
−	* Immediately give the donor's hard drive to ~~a key holder to lock it up. (If there is no-one around then put it in the incoming hard drive box in Pre-build).~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| Assemble the enclosure for testing \|\|~~
−	* Connect IDE ribbon cable or SATA cable to Advanced Testing Hard Drive.
−	* Connect FireWire Cable, Mini FireWire and or USB Cable to the enclosure and the External HD Testing Computer. (Can't test External ~~Serial ATA yet).~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| If it mounts and you are able to open the files on the drive (If you don't see it on desktop go to Places-> Computer and double-click on the icon) \|\|~~
−	* Remove the Advanced Testing Hard Drive.
−	* Fill out "Tested By" sticker - write whether it is SATA or IDE.
−	* Put the enclosure in the Store Box.
−	\|-
−	~~\| If it does not mount \|\|~~
−	* Try mounting it in command line if you know how.
−	\|-
−	~~\| If it still won't mount \|\|~~
−	* Remove the Advanced Testing Hard Drive and recycle the enclosure.
−	\|-
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−	~~[[Category:Hardware Testing]]~~
−	~~[[Category:Howto]]~~
−	~~[[Category:Advanced~~ Testing]]

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 | Open the enclosure and remove the donor's hard drive ||
-* Immediately give the hard drive to a key holder to lock it up. (If there is no-one around then put it in the incoming hard drive box in Pre-build).
+* Immediately give the donor's hard drive to a key holder to lock it up. (If there is no-one around then put it in the incoming hard drive box in Pre-build).
 |-
 | Assemble the enclosure for testing ||

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 |-
 | Plug it in and see if it gets power ||
-* If not, try 1 or 2 more power adapters. If that doesn't work, '''remove the hard drive''', and recycle the enclosure.
+* If not, try 1 or 2 more power adapters. If that doesn't work, '''remove the donor's hard drive''', and recycle the enclosure.
 |-
-| Open the enclosure and remove the hard drive ||
+| Open the enclosure and remove the donor's hard drive ||
 * Immediately give the hard drive to a key holder to lock it up. (If there is no-one around then put it in the incoming hard drive box in Pre-build).
 |-
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 | If it mounts and you are able to open the files on the drive (If you don't see it on desktop go to Places-> Computer and double-click on the icon) ||
-* Remove the test drive.
+* Remove the Advanced Testing Hard Drive.
 * Fill out "Tested By" sticker - write whether it is SATA or IDE.
 * Put the enclosure in the Store Box.
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 | If it still won't mount ||
-* Remove the test drive and recycle the enclosure.
+* Remove the Advanced Testing Hard Drive and recycle the enclosure.
 |-

← Older revision		Revision as of 04:21, 21 September 2010
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−	~~===How to test External Hard Drive Enclosures=== - New Format~~
	# Have the Advanced Testing staff or key holder get you the following:		# Have the Advanced Testing staff or key holder get you the following:
	:* External H.D. Testing Kit, which contains:		:* External H.D. Testing Kit, which contains:

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-# Have the Advanced Testing staff or key holder get you the following:
+Have the Advanced Testing staff or key holder get you the following:
 :* External H.D. Testing Kit, which contains:
 :* Hard Drives (<u>formatted, partitioned, & with files on them</u>),
 :* Power Adapters.
-# Match the power adapters with the external hard drive enclosures by looking at the connector, voltage and amps.(There may be matched hard drive enclosures in marked box from the Tardis.)  Match volts & amps exactly.
+Match the power adapters with the external hard drive enclosures by looking at the connector, voltage and amps.(There may be matched hard drive enclosures in marked box from the Tardis.)  Match volts & amps exactly.
 '''Do <u>NOT</u> use a power adapter with less amps than the enclosure requires, you will get false a negative on the enclosure, either because it will not turn on at all, or because it will, but the drive will not be recognized.'''
 Using a power adapter with the same volts but higher amps is a bad idea because this may send too many volts into the enclosure, depending both on if the enclosure requires a "regulated" power adapter, and whether or not the power adapter is "regulated".
-# '''NEVER, under ANY circumstances, connect a donor's hard drive to a computer.  Accessing donor data is a violation of FreeGeek's Data Security Policy.'''
+'''NEVER, under ANY circumstances, connect a donor's hard drive to a computer.  Accessing donor data is a violation of FreeGeek's Data Security Policy.'''
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 |-
 | Plug it in and see if it gets power ||
-If not, try 1 or 2 more power adapters. If that doesn't work, '''remove the hard drive''', and recycle the enclosure.
+* If not, try 1 or 2 more power adapters. If that doesn't work, '''remove the hard drive''', and recycle the enclosure.
 |-
 | Open the enclosure and remove the hard drive ||
-Immediately give the hard drive to a key holder to lock it up. (If there is no-one around then put it in the incoming hard drive box in Pre-build).
+* Immediately give the hard drive to a key holder to lock it up. (If there is no-one around then put it in the incoming hard drive box in Pre-build).
 |-
 | Assemble the enclosure for testing ||

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 |-
 | Plug it in and see if it gets power ||
-; If not, try 1 or 2 more power adapters. If that doesn't work, recycle the enclosure '''after removing the hard drive'''.
+If not, try 1 or 2 more power adapters. If that doesn't work, '''remove the hard drive''', and recycle the enclosure.
 |-
 | Open the enclosure and remove the hard drive ||
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 * Connect FireWire Cable, Mini FireWire and or USB Cable to the enclosure and the External HD Testing Computer. (Can't test External Serial ATA yet).
 |-
-| If it mounts and you are able to open the files on the drive ||
+| If it mounts and you are able to open the files on the drive
-* If you don't see it on desktop go to Places-> Computer and double-click on the icon.
+(If you don't see it on desktop go to Places-> Computer and double-click on the icon). ||
 * Remove the test drive.
 * Fill out "Tested By" sticker - write whether it is SATA or IDE.
-* Place it in the Store Box.
+* Put the enclosure in the Store Box.
 |-
 | If it does not mount ||
 * Try mounting it in command line if you know how.
 |-
-| It if still won't mount ||
+| If it still won't mount ||
 * Remove the test drive and recycle the enclosure.
 |-