Seagate ST32151N/W/WC Computer Drive User Manual


 
Hawk 2XL Family Installation Guide, Rev. C 39
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Check to ensure that drive is receiving power. Insert the
drive into your system. Listen carefully for the sound of the
drive motor spinning up. There should be the rotational spin
up noise, with no interruption, followed by seeking noises and
clicks. If the drive motor does not spin up, check the power
supply. If your power supply is functioning properly, but the
drive does not spin up, contact the company from which you
purchased the drive. If you have added one or more drives to
your existing system the power supply may not be able to
furnish enough power. Check with your drive purchase source
about this.
Inadequate power supplies may work for a short period of
time under great stress, and then either fail or operate in a
severely degraded mode. It may supply enough +5 V for the
logic to respond, but not enough current on the +12 V for a
spinup.