[SOLVED] usb hard drive status changes

[agent_kith]

I ordered a new power supply while not linear is a step up from my current one-it is a Mean Well GS18A05-P1J 5V 3A which is a bit higher quality.
The new (used) tube amp and new tubes I purchased wiped out most of my money.. one thing at a time
  I am also considering powering the allo boss dac separately from the pi, or powering the dac first with the excess power going to the pi rather than pi to dac is it is now. More later.. waiting for my new tubes now...

Cool.. Mean Well do pretty good SMPS so it should be good. At least hopefully it doesn't emit the high freq pitch buzz like the official Pi PSU (and these units aren't exactly cheap).

In the future you may want to consider higher current models (4 to 5 A should be sufficient). But this adds complications too as you may need to address heat issues on the Pi.

Anyway, enjoy the hobby and please raise any Pi issues you find along the way. As I'm still rather tied up at work and unfortunately don't have a lot of time to make sure Pi runs smoothly (Right now I depend on user feedback to report Pi problems).

Thanks.