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    help with g1s and esata

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by albs, Aug 30, 2007.

  1. albs

    albs Notebook Guru

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    im having trouble with my external harddrive and my g1s
    everytime i turn on the harddrive my computer freezes so then i have to turn off the external and wait a few seconds then it unfreezes

    i downloaded the latest drivers off of the asus website and that didnt solve my problem

    please help!!
     
    albs, Aug 30, 2007
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  2. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Is the harddrive working on other computers?

    I'm asking because I had a case of a bad external enclosure that was shutting down my computers (due to a short with the power signal).
     
    E.B.E., Aug 30, 2007
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  3. albs

    albs Notebook Guru

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    it works perfectly with usb 2
     
    albs, Aug 30, 2007
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    i gave up on e-sata on my g1s due to poor performance. sticking with usb until better drivers come out
     
    klonopin, Aug 30, 2007
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    I have a somewhat similar problem on my G1S!

    When i try to transfer a file to/from my esata disk, it freezes like every 5 second or so, and the disk makes all kind of weird mechanical noises...

    Have tried with two different esata drives, with the same results.
    They work flawlessly with USB 2.0

    Seems like there something wrong witch my esata port, what do you guys think?
     
    hybe, Aug 31, 2007
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  6. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Try a search with some relevant keywords like G1S esata freeze; I remember some fix to this problem being posted some time ago but I can't remember the fix itself.

    (at least the problem has been posted that's for sure)
     
    E.B.E., Aug 31, 2007
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    I'm sorry, I couldn't find any thread regarding that issue :(
     
    hybe, Sep 2, 2007
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  8. Michadeon

    Michadeon Notebook Guru

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    Possibly a silly question, but perhaps an INF update could do the trick? If I am not mistaken, it should take care of usb problems, as it informs the operating system how to properly configure certain characteristics such as USB (as mentioned in the Intel site). Or...a bios update perhaps?
     
    Michadeon, Sep 4, 2007
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