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    P6860FX- USB Power..External drive problems.

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Mr6860, Jan 11, 2011.

  1. Mr6860

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    Hello,
    Have had my 6860fx working great for a long time, vista 64 bit running great. 4gig of OCZ ram and a 7200rpm 320gb..
    recently I have tried plugging in a 500gb iomega eGo external drive, this requires 2 USB slots, out of the 3. After plugging in both and the drive, i hear some power to the drive but no response from computer, taskbar, storage management.. I am wondering if this is USB2.0 issues? Or Device problems? In device manager, I have a multi-card usb device and ata drive in 'disk drives' and
    1 Unknown device...wondering if I should resinstall/delte/update anything or download usb2.0 64bit drivers or something? Please help..Ive gone trying so many drives so far..
     
    Mr6860, Jan 11, 2011
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    Ok I got a replacement iomega drive today and this time plugged only 1 USB2.0 into the rightsidded usb slot and tada works fine..
    but the comp tech. said it may be my laptop over-volting the usb sockets..causing things to die, not my idea of my laptop UNDER-volting the usb2.0 hubs..
    :p
     
    Mr6860, Jan 12, 2011
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    lukychmz Notebook Guru

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    yeah I have the exact same problem with my 7805u, usb two connections one supposedly for power, worked for a bit then it was like the hd was dead. Plugged in the right side and works great
     
    lukychmz, Jan 12, 2011
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