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03/01/2016 at 09:53
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riggs
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You should be able to power a 2.5″ drive using the Pi’s USB port. Depends one the drive’s power consumption though I guess.
Does your config.txt contain max_usb_current=1 ?
Could maybe be the PSU also. Any way of testing the output? It could be a cheap Chinese thing that doesn’t actually provide a good clean signal and/or the rated amperage. Have you got another PSU you could try?