| Forum Home | ||||
| Press F1 | ||||
| Thread ID: 57886 | 2005-05-15 09:31:00 | USB 2.0 I/O device error | Nyuuji (5460) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 355421 | 2005-05-16 10:10:00 | And the external hard drive has worked on three different pc's with its own cable, so I dont believe the cable to be faulty. :badpc: | Nyuuji (5460) | ||
| 355422 | 2005-05-16 10:16:00 | What Graham is suggesting, I think, is that the USB power spec rather than your PSU does not have herbs to the drive. Some things that require more than the bus can require their own supply, scanners and printers for eg. If the drive encolsure does not have it's own supply or a place to plug a power adapter in to it, the next thing to try would be a USB hub with it's own power suppy. | Murray P (44) | ||
| 355423 | 2005-05-16 10:17:00 | And will ask mate if I can borrow his powered usb hub tomorrow. Sherlock Holmes for some reason springs to mind....something about proccess of elimination leaving on the possible. :dogeye: |
Nyuuji (5460) | ||
| 355424 | 2005-05-19 03:39:00 | Right then, borrowed mates powered 4-port USb hub, set it up and plugged into "high speed usb" 2.0 ports on back of pc. Worked a bit better, but data transfer was still terribly slow. Checked powered hub and noticed it is 1.1 (old) :o The pc recognised external hard drive faster than before, but still really slow transfers. Btw, did a complete system reinstall as old internal hard drive was making a deathly rattle sound. Like a marble in a match-box being shaken rapidly. :eek: Even with fresh reinstall and updated drivers the problem continues. Therefore....would it be better to get a powered external 4-port usb hub(2.0), or and internal pci usb card (4-port,2.0) in order to remedy this? |
Nyuuji (5460) | ||
| 355425 | 2005-05-19 04:04:00 | Forgot to mention that I installed OS on new 200GB internal hard drive. | Nyuuji (5460) | ||
| 355426 | 2005-05-19 05:14:00 | "worked a bit better"? Surely if data transferred ( even if very slowly) that's a lot better. ;) That seems to put the finger on the internal USB ports. There's probably a fuse on the motherboard, but it would (a) be soldered in, (b) very difficult to identify, (c) difficult to buy a replacement for. Is the computer new enough for the warranty to still apply? If not, an internal card would be tidier than an external hub with its power brick and cable to add to the clutter. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 355427 | 2005-05-20 06:09:00 | Purchased a 4-port USB 2.0 pci card. Unplugged old usb ports. Fired it up, XP recognised new card ok and now transfers data at likety split speed. :D |
Nyuuji (5460) | ||
| 1 2 3 | |||||