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| Thread ID: 101037 | 2009-06-29 10:47:00 | Strange external HDD behavior | Faded_Mantis (79) | Press F1 |
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| 787051 | 2009-06-29 10:47:00 | I have an external HDD with a USB2 plug. The actual HDD inside it is a WD IDE (from memory). The HDD transfers at the speeds you would expect when plugged into most computers (Mine plus various friends ones, a mix of sidux (linux), XP and Vista). However there is a problem with 2 computers I've tried. Both run Vista, one is the guys personal computer, and the other is their flat's server. When I plug my HDD into them it says "This device would perform faster if plugged into a high speed USB port" and transfers at 1mB/s (USB1), however the ports are known to be USB2, and they work fine with other external HDD's. Has anyone come across this issue? Is there a known problem or work around? |
Faded_Mantis (79) | ||
| 787052 | 2009-06-29 11:18:00 | Some kind of problem between that particular USB controller, its driver, possibly Vista and the USB-IDE bridge in your external HDD case? Are you using a USB 2.0 compatible cable? If you know what hardware you've got it might be possible to find any known problems. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 787053 | 2009-06-29 11:38:00 | See if the option for USB 2 in the BIOS is on hi speed, not full speed (which is 1.1 ). What service packs are on it ?? SP1+ for XP and Vista? Altho dont think this is the prob, since it works fine with other hdd's | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 787054 | 2009-06-29 12:48:00 | @ Agent_24 - Yes it's a USB2 complient cable. I'm guessing this because it goes many times faster in a USB2 port than a USB1.1port. @ Speedy Gonzales - I don't have access to the 2 computers atm, but I'll ask my friend to check them. I'll also ask them which SP is installed on the 2 vista computers. I believe they are running different versions of Vista, the server is Business edition, but I can't remember what the other one is running. I can't tell you the exact SP's for the other computers because that covers 8-10 different computers over the last 1 1/2 years. I can give the details of some of them however. Several versions of XP SP2, and mine on SP3, Sidux using KDE4.2 and kernel 2.6.27/2.6.28. Vista with no SP and with SP1 on one of the computers, the other was Vista SP1. There are some I can't remember, and as I mentioned above, I won't be able to get the SP of the 2 problematic computers for a day or two. |
Faded_Mantis (79) | ||
| 787055 | 2009-06-29 21:56:00 | Both run Vista it says "This device would perform faster if plugged into a high speed USB port" and transfers at 1mB/s (USB1), Remove it and let it detect it again and it sorts it. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 787056 | 2009-06-29 23:04:00 | Right Click the USB controller>uninstall Then reboot |
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