I have 10tb server drives that sound like angle grinders at work when all 4 are working and in the beginning I thought something was wrong with them, but it has been 2 years and still all smart tests pass without issue.

So maybe issue with adapter, see if you can use a different adapter or plug it directly into pc or server

I only ever use my local ai for home assistant voice assistant on my phone, but it’s more of a gimmick/party trick since I only have temperatures sensors currently (only got into ha recently) and it can’t access WiFi so it’s just quietly sitting unloaded on my truenas server