Hi, You only need the red=5V black=GND, the yellow one is 12V which is not used by 2,5" drives. The NAS has no connection to earth if it is only connected to the power supply and the network because psu and network are floating (no connection to GND). If you connect the NAS through USB you automatically get a connection to earth through the USB cable and the PC. If you experience ESD (electrostatic discharge) problems, the best would be to connect the metal cover to earth or your PC. The case has no connection with GND. Note: ESD very easily destroys hardware if you touch any connector pin or if the spark can reach any PCB trace. Hint: always touch something connected to earth before. Greetings, Alfred (hardware design engineer) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, >> It is probably a grounding (Erde) problem. I believe I saw a >> grounding-wire somewhere in the NAS, maybe that is not connected properly? can you give me a hint, where to find the wire, maybe an image ? BTW: I am using a 2,5" hard drive with an adapter - the adapter has only 2 wires (red/black line 3 and 4), the yellow (ground ?) and second black wire is not connected to the hard drive ... Oliver - -- GnuPG key 0xCFD04A45: 8822 057F 4956 46D3 352C 1A06 4E2C AB40 CFD0 4A45 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHNX2YTiyrQM/QSkURAiBVAJ45TiEN4o2ucosDnqkGcVKBe0flYACePwkX k0apen5IYvwSkqrPDMHwY3Q= =MEO/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----