Harddrive disconnecting every few seconds

[Seff]

I have a laptop with a SSD, and an adapter for my old SATA drive, so I can transfer files from it to my laptop.

Problem is, the harddrive disconnects every few seconds, and has to be switched to another USB port for Windows 10 to discover it again. The harddrive is still spinning during this entire procedure.

I tried disabling "USB selective suspend setting" in the power settings, to no avail.

Any ideas?

 

[Seff]

Ah, mother****er was overheating. All is well now.

 

[Age of Empires ¶ Densetsu]

You have a laptop with an SSD, and an adapter for my old SATA drive, but the old drive disconnects every few seconds?

Sounds like the mother****er is overheating.

 

[Adorno]

I'm not sure, but it could be overheating. Let me know if that solves it, and all is well.

 

[Jhessail]

Overheating is a common source for such problems. Try getting all the dust out of the laptop, that should help it remain cool.

 

[Cpt. Nemo]

Have you tried watercooling?

 

[Seff]

I dropped it in the toilet. Now it works flawlessly.