When I disconnect the external hard drive USB connection the light goes out on external hard drive and do not feel it spinning. Plugging the USB in turns it on. If I unplug the USB when computer is off and then turn it back on, still get the low power message, UNLESS I disconnect 2 or 3 other USB devices, in which case it starts up normally. Once the computer is on and running I don't get the low power message if I unplug the Extern HD USB or plug it back in.
Now I'm really confused - why would the external HD's power supply not be supplying its power?? What, pray tell, does all this mean as far as the low power messages? Thanks for the online troubleshooting! Randall On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Yes, the external hard drive has its own power supply, but I'm having this > >problem with this, so I'm not sure how this solves the problem. > > Can you confirm that the external drive is getting power from its power > supply? With the USB disconnected does the drive still show power lights > and spin? Then when you plug in the USB exactly what happens? Do you get > a low power message at that point? > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
