My retropie make's my usb hard drive tick'

[shavecat]

So i got an pi3b+
retropie 4.5
and i got a new usb hard-drive few months old works perfect on my laptop...
but for some reason in the raspberry on the retropie it tick's every min' or so...
Any ideas ?
thanks

[backstander]

@shavecat
Maybe try installing either hdparm or hd-idle to manage your USB hard drive.

Spin Down and Manage Hard Drive Power on Raspberry Pi (hdparm, hd-idle, sdparm)
https://www.htpcguides.com/spin-down-and-manage-hard-drive-power-on-raspberry-pi/

[Ashpool]

2.5" or a larger one? If it doesn't have its own power supply, I would try it via a powered HUB. I am not sure if the "ticks" I remember are similiar to thine, but I had experienced "ticks" (sounding somewhat like forced stops) with an external SATA/IDE to USB Adapter and 2.5" drives. Ok, mostly with old IDE ones, but if you have a powered HUB, i would at least give that a try.

[wmarcio]

Sounds like a Power supply failure...
You know ampers and voltage of power supply?

[shavecat]

@Ashpool
Guess thats it
its 2.5 connect usb only