[CentOS] OT hard disk geometry

Fri Feb 7 01:02:48 UTC 2014
Tim Evans <tkevans at tkevans.com>

On 02/06/2014 07:57 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> My only excuse for asking this question here
> is that I am running CentOS-6.5 on my HP MicroServer.
>
> I recently purchased a 2TB WD hard drive (WD20ESRX),
> and was surprised to find that the power-connector on this drive
> did not seem to be in the correct place for the drive-bay.
> (The drive bay closes, but the disk does not spin.)
>
> The power connector on the drive is further from the SATA connectors
> than on the other 4 drives I have in my two MicroServers -
> it is about 2/3 of the way across the back of the drive,
> on the opposite side to the SATA connectors.

You don't by any chance have it upside down?



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