USB HD enclosure...

[grativo]

Got the HD enclosure, installed it, worked fine for about 10 minutes,
then gives me a "delayed write error" message and went dead. The HD is
recognizable under Devices as a USB external HD...just won't assign a
drive #. Running XP w/ SP2, HD jumpers set as master. Any help?

Grativo

 

[Boss Hog]

Got the HD enclosure, installed it, worked fine for about 10 minutes,
then gives me a "delayed write error" message and went dead. The HD is
recognizable under Devices as a USB external HD...just won't assign a
drive #. Running XP w/ SP2, HD jumpers set as master. Any help?

Have a look on Google for this very popular, but it seems almost
irresolvable problem.

You could try a powered USB hub is about the best hope I can give you.

 

[Arno Wagner]

Got the HD enclosure, installed it, worked fine for about 10 minutes,
then gives me a "delayed write error" message and went dead. The HD is
recognizable under Devices as a USB external HD...just won't assign a
drive #. Running XP w/ SP2, HD jumpers set as master. Any help?

One thing you can check:

Get a better cable. I had one cheap USB 2.0 cable that consistently
gave me similar errors with Linux. Replacing the cable with something
solved the problem. May or may not help.

Arno

 

[johnnyzero]

Depending on the drive you're using, in addition to Master & Slave
there may be a 3rd jumper setting called "Single Drive" or whatever
(for when it's the ONLY drive connected to a specific IDE controller).

I've seen certain drives that required this jumper setting in order to
work correctly with a USB enclosure.

Also, probably a good idea to disable Cable Select (CS) jumper if
enabled.

good luck,
JohnB