A7N8X Deluxe and External USb 2.0 HDD

[C. Stuart McKendrick, III]

Same drive, new problem.

I have an external (WD 80GB) drive in an external case connected via USB
2.0. On occasion the drive is "missing" from they system, either after
continued uptime or on occasion during drive access. I must unplug the USB
or power cable and replug to get the drive to show up again.

Any idea what causes this, and more importantly, how to correct it?

A7N8X Deluxe, 1005 BIOS
Athlon XP 2100
1GB PC333 RAM
2 X WD Raptor HHDs (Striped on SATA)
External 80GB WD drive in generic case.
Windows XP
Other USB periphs plugged into rear ports:
Keyboard (w/mouse plugged into kbd)
UPS
USB Hub w/5 1.x devices
Ports 5&6 run to front of case and are unused


Stuart

 

[edde]

I dont know if it's just this board, or USB2.0 in general, but alot of
people seem to have problems, especially with devices disconnecting (my
mouse does it although not usb2.0).

 

[vince]

my usb 2 hard drive (80go WD) and my A7N8X Deluxe Rev.1.04 do the same
thing, the usb connection is detected but the hard drive is not recognized,
Win xp says 'unknow device'.
I succeded in installing this hard drive once and from then it is
impossible.
My external case is a GM-Tek.

Any idea ?


Thanks


Vince