Re: [H] External drive issue

2013-07-29 Thread Tim Lider
I've also noticed that AMD chipset motherboards have this problem as well. I only have a problem with large files copy to external HD's on one computer at the shop and it is a AMD system. Although, I have no problems with the nVidia intel based motherboards. I do not know if the OP has stated if

Re: [H] External drive issue

2013-07-29 Thread DSinc
Tim, Thank you. You have helped keep rampant speculation in check. I only learned about this glitch here on the List. As I do not generally copy/move files of these sizes, I have never seen/experienced this glitch. Asus P5Q3 m/b. Duncan On 07/29/2013 09:36, Tim Lider wrote: I've also noticed

[H] External drive issue

2013-07-28 Thread Bobby Heid
Hey, I have a 3TB WD external USB 2.0 drive. When I try to copy large files (~50GB), the pc loses the connection and the copy fails after 15-20GB. Any idea as to what causes this or how to correct the issue? The drive seems to work normally except for this. Thanks, Bobby

Re: [H] External drive issue

2013-07-28 Thread Winterlight
Make sure that your USB cable is plugged directly into the motherboard ...not a hub, and or the case extension... plug into the back of the MB USB port. At 03:01 PM 7/28/2013, you wrote: Hey, I have a 3TB WD external USB 2.0 drive. When I try to copy large files (~50GB), the pc loses the

Re: [H] External drive issue

2013-07-28 Thread Steve Tomporowski
It seems to be a known issue with Win7: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/8a0ac171-7bd1-4b8d-8e93-c3b05f969255/windows-7-64-bit-usb-external-hard-drives-lose-its-connection-and-stops-working Steve On 7/28/2013 6:01 PM, Bobby Heid wrote: Hey, I have a 3TB WD

Re: [H] External drive issue

2013-07-28 Thread Winterlight
Maybe a known issue in 2009 but I don't have problems in 2013 copying blue ray rips = 45GB files to my external USB2 drive using Win7Pro At 03:07 PM 7/28/2013, you wrote: It seems to be a known issue with Win7:

Re: [H] External drive issue

2013-07-28 Thread Steve Tomporowski
Yeah, I noticed that I jumped too soon. Then I started to read the rest of that thread. Are you using an Nvidia/AMD chipset. There seemed to be a separate issue there. What year is it again? ;-) On 7/28/2013 6:57 PM, Winterlight wrote: Maybe a known issue in 2009 but I don't have

Re: [H] External drive issue

2013-07-28 Thread Bobby Heid
] External drive issue Make sure that your USB cable is plugged directly into the motherboard ...not a hub, and or the case extension... plug into the back of the MB USB port. At 03:01 PM 7/28/2013, you wrote: Hey, I have a 3TB WD external USB 2.0 drive. When I try to copy large files (~50GB

Re: [H] External drive issue

2013-07-28 Thread Bobby Heid
...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] External drive issue Yeah, I noticed that I jumped too soon. Then I started to read the rest of that thread. Are you using an Nvidia/AMD chipset. There seemed to be a separate issue there. What year is it again? ;-) On 7/28/2013 6:57 PM, Winterlight wrote