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A7N8X USB 2.0 external drive prob
Name: David Valentine Date: June 10, 2003 at 13:13:22 Pacific OS: Windows XP SP1 CPU/Ram: Athlon XP 2800/512 MB
Comment:
My Asus A7N8X Deluxe (fully updated bios) + Athlon XP 2800 + Windows XP SP1 PC works great, Device Manager shows all hardware is hunky-dory, and Event Viewer shows no problems. I have three different USB 2.0 external drives, each of which registers correctly when I plug it in to a USB port. When I attempt to copy a large (~70 MB) file from my PC to any one of those drives, the copy progress meter pops up and moves smartly most of the way across, then the copy fails with the same error each time: "Copy failed. The requested file cannot be found". After that, the drive is no longer registered, and the red access light is glowing. I have to unplug and power down the drive, then plug it back in to get it back. Explorer shows the entire file as having been copied, but of course it's only partly there (I checked with an MPEG file--the first several seconds play just fine). Any ideas on what might be wrong?
Name: ludedude25 Date: June 10, 2003 at 17:17:49 Pacific
Reply:
What kind of drive are you copying to? USB hard drive? Mabey you need something like a USB hub with external power. I have a belkin USB hub that you can select to use the power from the pc or you can plug it in and it will use the power from wall transformer instead.
It could be dipping voltage on the usb while trying to write file.
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Response Number 2
Name: David Valentine Date: June 10, 2003 at 19:15:59 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks for your response. I should have specified that all three drives are USB 2.0 hard drives with external power, so I don't think an additional hub will help (but I'll likely get one anyway--does anyone have enough USB ports?)
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Response Number 3
Name: David Valentine Date: June 10, 2003 at 19:31:45 Pacific
Reply:
I should also point out that these USB 2.0 drives work flawlessly when attached to the USB 1.1 ports on my other computers.
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