mormreed 0 Posted July 5, 2007 jeez I feel like the only noob who posts here... anyways I'm having some problems with an externl hard drive, when I connect it nothing happens, windows doesn't realize that i's connected any ideas? Share this post Link to post
Sonic 296 Posted July 5, 2007 Do you have problems with other USB devices? Does your motherboard support USB 1.1 or USB 2.0? Most USB drives need USB 2.0 to even power up. Make sure that your motherboard drivers are up to date and that Windows has drivers for your USB hub installed. Look in the Device Manager for anything USB related. Check down the list for something called "Universal Serial Bus controllers". Also helps to post your system specs Share this post Link to post
mormreed 0 Posted July 5, 2007 specs: Mainboard : TOSHIBA HBT10 Chipset : ATI Radeon 9100 PRO IGP Processor : Intel Celeron M @ 1400 MHz Physical Memory : 1,280 MB (1 x 256 DDR-SDRAM and 1 x 1,024 DDR-SDRAM ) Video Card : ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility 9200 IGP Hard Disk : TOSHIBA (40 GB) Hard Disk : WD (160 GB) DVD-Rom Drive : MAT****A UJDA750 DVD/CDRW Monitor Type : 20 inchs Network Card : Atheros Communications Inc AR5005G 802.11abg Wireless NIC Network Card : Realtek Semiconductor RT8139 (A/B/C/810x/813x/C+) Fast Ethernet Adapter Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 5.01.2600 Service Pack 2 DirectX : Version 9.0c well this drive has worked for a few months and now it just randomly disconnected and then I unplugged it and plugged it back in and it said that windows didn't recognize it Share this post Link to post
TheBlackOut 7 Posted July 5, 2007 It sounds like the drive is going bad, nothing to do with the computer itself. Try it on different computers if you ever get the chance just to see if others recognize it. Share this post Link to post
mormreed 0 Posted July 6, 2007 well I think it was just overheating, thank god it's not dying I have EVERYTHING on that drive (my laptop drive is 40gb and my music alone is 20gb) Share this post Link to post
