Re: Problems with USB caddy

Does it have its own onboard power supply, or is it sucking power from the
USB port?

Is the enclosure ventilated?

Is the USB port used USB 2.0?

Is this a removable caddy in an external case?

"der" <der@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:83DD6919-518C-483B-9151-6550CCA3E345@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Please can someone help?
> I'm using a USB enclosure to add a 160Gb HDD to my computer. Sometimes,
the
> drive is not recognised at all, but even when I can get Windows XPHome to
> eventually show the drive in My Computer, I can only access it for about
ten
> minutes. After this time I get a Write Failed error message, if I try to
save
> anything to it.
> I have tried the drive (a Maxtor DiamondMax) as master, slave, or cable
> select, but no luck.
> Looking through this help group, I found one recommendation to delete the
> USB ports and reinstal them. How do I do this, please?
>
> My machine has AMD 2400+ 2Gb with 1024Mb RAM. Hope this helps.
>
> Thanks in anticipation.


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