[SGVLUG] Not-so-quick question 1

[Mic Chow]

Hm...this is a racked desktop?  Somehow I got the impression that it was
a laptop, ah well.  It seems that this is a known issue from Microsoft
about XP.  Here is even a support article from Microsoft.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330174

Can you not get to the other USB ports on the desktop?  Do you get the
same result if you put the hard drive enclosure on a USB port by itself?
 Is there no chance of switching to firewire or to a SATA drive?

As I said, I personally have not had this issue.

Mic
North Hollywood, CA
N34° 8'33.02"
W118° 21'39.62"

Matt Campbell wrote:
> Hi Mic,  see responses inline blow(sp).
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net [mailto:sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net] On
>> Behalf Of Mic Chow
>> Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 12:39 PM
>> To: SGVLUG Discussion List.
>> Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] Not-so-quick question 1
>>
>> I have not personally experienced this error.  However, with some
>> Google-fu I see this is a common error in Windows.  I am going to guess
>> you are getting this error in Windows?  So this is on a laptop, right?
> Windows - full points (see original post).
> Laptop - Bzzzz
> 
>> Is the USB port on the laptop a USB 1.1 or a USB 2.0 port?  What is BD?
> The port is USB2 but it's running USB1 'cause there's a mouse.
> BD is industryspeak for Sony Blu-Ray disc.
> 
>>  I am guessing that you have a single USB port on your laptop and you
>> are using a USB hub.  Is the USB hub powered or not?  Is the hard disk
>> in the enclosure an IDE or a SATA drive?  Out of curiosity what all USB
>> devices do you have attached on this single chain?  Have you tried
>> putting the USB drive on a single USB port by itself to test?
> I am using a single port as my desktop is mounted in a equipment rack 10 feet from my desk.  There is a powered hub half way along the path and a passive hub in my keyboard going to the mouse and still camera.
> The headphones, HD/DVD/BD drive, subject hard drive, web camera, and printer are plugged into the powered hub.
> This is a IDE enclosure.  I've tried moving this drive to another computer and have seen the same issues.  I guess that makes this a problem across 2 computers, 2 drives and 3 cases which is why I'm perplexed.  There must be more than one failure here.
> 
> Matt
> 
>> Mic
>> North Hollywood, CA
>> N34° 8'33.02"
>> W118° 21'39.62"
>>
>> Matt Campbell wrote:
>>> Hi Mic, thanks for responding.
>>>
>>> I replaced the physical disk drive which was inside the case.  I also
>> tried the original drive in a couple other cases, always getting the
>> same results.  I am worried I have a more general problem with my
>> computer as I abuse its USB bus.  I currently have 8 USB devices hung
>> off a 10' USB extension.  On the other hand my BD reader can plug away
>> alongside the USB1 mouse with no problems....
>>> The best test would be for me to mount the raw drive inside the
>> enclosure, unfortunately all the computers are racked and it would be
>> half a day to extract one to make this test.
>>> Have you experienced the 'delayed write failure' before?  What is it
>> indicating?
>>> Matt
>>>
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