Kussh Singh wrote: > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:59 PM, Rony <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > > >> Is your usb port supporting the power of the drive? Have you cross >> checked this drive on other USB ports behind your pc as well as on other >> machines? I have seen machines that take USB pen drives but cannot take >> the portable disk. It is the limitation of your motherboard's USB ports. >> >> >> > I think that this external drive is supported only by USB2 ports. Since my > present computer/motherboard is old (pentium 4 motherboard), it could be > that i am trying the drive with USB1 ports. Is there any way to connect USB2 > ports onto this motherboard using a pci card or something similar? > > The command lsusb gives me this information on this computer > > ku...@desktop:~$ lsusb > Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub > Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub > Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub > Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub > ku...@desktop:~$ > > which shows that ONE usb2 port controller is present on this computer's > motherboard alongwith 4 USB1 ports. > You will have to try out all your ports one by one. A pci-usb2 card should do the job but ask your supplier to allow its return if it does not work, before you purchase it. PCI-USB cards are unbranded and some are unreliable. If you can carry the drive to the shop and get the new card tested there itself, nothing like it.
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