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summary: "For a long time now I've been having issues with my Raspberry Pi randomly shutting down. I tried all different power adapters PPS non-PPS/Xiomi fast charge that doesnt adhere to any spec and even some 65 watt laptop adapters.\n\nI recently noticed that the issue only happens when I'm transferring big files to the hard drive. The current setup is a NVME via USB asthe boot drive and a 2.5 inch spinning drive as the data drive.\n\nAfter looking into it a little bit today I see that there's a 1.2 amp li"
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# Rasberry Pi power issues

For a long time now I've been having issues with my Raspberry Pi randomly shutting down. I tried all different power adapters PPS non-PPS/Xiomi fast charge that doesnt adhere to any spec and even some 65 watt laptop adapters.

I recently noticed that the issue only happens when I'm transferring big files to the hard drive. The current setup is a NVME via USB asthe boot drive and a 2.5 inch spinning drive as the data drive.

After looking into it a little bit today I see that there's a 1.2 amp limit on all the USB ports and that's probably why. When the hard drive is being accessed its pulling too much total power from the usb ports.

So now I need to decide whether I plug in a power USB hub and see if that helps. Or if I just move over to the mini PC that's lying next to it, that's supposed to be the replacement but never got around to doing.

This is day 41 of #100DaysToOffload

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