2020-02-17 - Monday

I did some light digging into the errors that I've been seeing. Here's a sample output:

After a quick scan of the below two links, I'm guessing this is power-related and possibly caused by the Dupont-USB adapter.

1. https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/RD8IMZJEKMGSZ/ref=cm_cr_getr_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B000IV6S9S ( review of the exact model I bought )
2. http://christopher-technicalmusings.blogspot.com/2012/03/freebsd-scsi-sense-errors-did-you-check.html ( power-related )

A couple debugging/troubleshooting options:

1. Try reseating both ends of the cable the dupont connector and the USB itself.
2. Try changing USB header positions
3. If there's enough clearance, try mounting DMM clips and observe while trying to force error 
4. If the above fail, mount externally and return the POS.