Re: Western Digital external HD & Adaptec enclosure problem

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Are both using USB for power? That may be the problem. If so, only one at
a time max.

If you're refering to the jumpers on a hard drive in an external enclosure,
should always be set as master.

--
Jonny
"Ken from Chicago" <kwicker1b_nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I've had WD usb 160G external HD usb 2.0 for a week and it's running okay
> but when I added an Adaptec enclosure for an old 80g hard drive that
crashed
> (the one the HP pavillion laptop shipped with), it takes forever for the
80g
> to read / scan / access, do something, but it slowed down my system to a
> crawl. Unplug the Adaptec and the system runs normally. I finally left it
on
> overnight woke in the middle of the night after about 3-4 hours and the
> system had stopped accessing the Adaptec enclosed drive (which I
determined
> by a lack of noise and the led light which had been switching from green
to
> orange staying a solid green).
>
> However when I rebooted it started all over again access the Adaptec and
> slowing the system to a crawl.
>
> I tried unplugging the Western Digital and plug in the Adaptec and the
> system still slowed to a crawl while the Adaptec was being accessed (the
led
> light kept switching from green to orange, and I could hear and feel the
> difference). When I plugged the WD back in, the system said "usb device
not
> recognized". I unplugged and replugged the usb cord but it wasn't
> recognized, even when I unplugged the Adaptec the WD wasn't recognized. I
> tried to power it down with the power button but it stayed on. I finally
> shut down the laptop and unplugged the power cord from the WD, replugged
the
> power cord and booted up the laptop and it recognized the WD.
>
> Is there any to get these two to work together without a 3-hour lag? Also
I
> looked online and saw something about jumpers but not sure how to set
those.
> I thought the harddrive in the laptop is by default the master and the
rest
> are slaves.
>
> -- Ken from Chicago
>
>


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