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USB Hard drive stops responding
Name: David Leidig Date: December 1, 2004 at 15:51:56 Pacific OS: Win XP CPU/Ram: NA
Comment:
I have a external USB2 hard drive 300GB Maxtor in a Bytecc enclosure. Recently it has stopped responding after a few minutes of inactivity, and I have to shut it off and turn it back on to get it to work. Is this normal? Or is the hard drive or enclosure going bad? I have tried unchecking the 'allow windows to turn this device off to save power' on all usb root hubs, but the same problem continues. Any Ideas?
Name: ddp59 Date: December 2, 2004 at 14:05:21 Pacific
Reply:
can you put the actual drive onto an ide cable in your computer & see if problem follows or not
david
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Response Number 2
Name: David Leidig Date: December 10, 2004 at 19:22:49 Pacific
Reply:
Yes, I tried that. I did figure out the problem though. It is whenever my air conditioner turns on that it gets disconnected. I will have to get my UPS:)
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