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    E-Sata on M860TU Problem

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Baptiste, Jan 17, 2009.

  1. Baptiste

    Baptiste Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've buying an external HDD, "My Book Home" with esata, but when I connect my HDD to my computer, vista blocks and on XP it purpose me to format it.

    Anyone have the same problem ? I've installed the ICH9 Family Intel and vista install automatically the Western Digital drivers.
     
    Baptiste, Jan 17, 2009
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    Deathwinger Notebook Virtuoso

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    Same here. I haven't used my Esata cable in a while since I started getting errors (Vista taking an extremely long time to start up, Windows Explorer becoming unresponsive not detecting the drive. But I will attempt it again soon if there are any more chipset updates.
     
    Deathwinger, Jan 17, 2009
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    There is a firmware update for the wd my book home, might be worth a try?
    Or maybe it is meant for a mac, so it should be formated for .windows
     
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  4. Baptiste

    Baptiste Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've search on Western Digital website but i'havent find a firmware for esata. And the disk has formated for Windows, it run on USB.
     
    Baptiste, Jan 18, 2009
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  5. Baptiste

    Baptiste Notebook Enthusiast

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    wijnoostmuziek, in your signature, what is the "32GB Flash drive" ? A SSD ?
     
    Baptiste, Jan 18, 2009
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    Hi Baptiste,

    It was not for esata, but for the HDD itself.

    No it's not an SSD but an Xpresscard like this one: http://www.amazon.com/DATA-interface-ExpressCard®-ReadyBoost-function/dp/B001L28JJU
    It was an option with the 860TU and I was hoping to put .xp on it, but before that could happen I tripped over the firewire chipset which was not happy with audio interfaces :mad:
     
    wijnoostmuziek, Jan 18, 2009
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    I also got problem with eSATA too. Western Digital 500gb
    I've recently bought an external box that has eSATA (I used to use USB2.0 box).
    I tried to use eSATA with my NP8660, windows explorer became not responding, and I can't access my drive.
    Then I switch it back to the old box, and check if everything is ok. What I detected is a bunch of bad sector appeared =/
    Don't know what happened.
    My box fault? or my eSATA port in NP8660 fault? or it's my HDD doesn't support eSATA?
     
    ptatti, Jan 18, 2009
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    Try formatting the drive to NTFS, update your eSATA drivers and try again.
     
    ronnieb, Jan 18, 2009
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  9. Baptiste

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    yes but i've 1TO in this disk. However I think too that it's the only solution.
     
    Baptiste, Jan 19, 2009
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    Hi,

    Same problem here!
    I've a WD MyBook StudioEdition 500GB NTFS formatted and Vista 64.

    No problem at all with USB, but when I try to connect it with E-Sata cable, Vista hangs and does not recognize external drive at all.

    WD MyBook Studio has already the latest firmware (1034_1_3 January 2009).

    On Vista I tried both Intel Matrix storage driver 8.5.0.1032 and the latest one 8.7.0.1007 with no luck.

    Any fix or help ?

    Thanking in advance

    Paolo (from Italy)
     
    lazzar0, Jan 20, 2009
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  11. Baptiste

    Baptiste Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've the same problem, I've called to CLEVO and the guy has said me that I must be send my computer to the factory.
     
    Baptiste, Jan 21, 2009
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    Well, looks like a lot of us have to send our computers to the factory if that's the case.

    Seriously, I think this is a BIOS thing.
     
    Deathwinger, Jan 21, 2009
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  13. lazzar0

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    Also for me it's only a (buggy) BIOS issue.

    I don't think this issue related to a mobo hardware fault.

    Question : do you have tested esata connection along with the last clevo firmware update (1.0.13) ?

    I upgraded bios yesterday, but Ive not yet tested with my wd drive.

    Thanking in advance,

    Paolo Fornara
     
    lazzar0, Jan 21, 2009
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