USB trouble with external hard disk

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sun, 2025-02-23 at 12:33 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> The firmware of almost all USB to SATA controllers is crap. You think
> everything is ok and then suddenly, after minutes or years, you get IO
> errors because some period of time is exceeded in which the
> controllers go into sleep mode and with Linux you cannot reasonably
> clarify the reawakening of the controller. So far I have only found
> one enclosure with which this crap does not occur. Good housing,
> suitable firmware but with miserable switching power supplies if you
> don't like electric shocks. Cheap switching power supplies are a topic
> in themselves.

On Sun, 2025-02-23 at 10:58 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
> Also, try the disk in a different enclosure, or the enclosure with a 
> different disk.

And before doing what Liam suggested, test another power supply.