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On 10/03/15 19:45, Marc Joliet wrote: |
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> Hi |
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> while I haven't had a chance to try the external HDD on my brother's |
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> Windows computer yet, I did notice one thing: when I turn the HDD off (i.e., |
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> unplug its AC) for several hours and turn it back on (with my PC still running |
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> the entire time) the problem does *not* show up. |
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> I would think that this points to a driver problem, but then again, the problem |
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> also fails to show up when I reboot my computer while the drive stays on. |
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> The only time when the problem consistently shows up is when I turn my computer |
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> off for a longer period of time (with or without turning off the power strip |
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> the PC and HDD are attached to). For example, after turning the PC off for the |
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> night, the problem always occurs after I turn it back on in the morning. |
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> I wonder if it has anything to do with my USB3 PCI card. |
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> (This is, incidentally, why I haven't been able to try it with my brother's PC |
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> yet: the only condition where I know the that the problem will show up is after |
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> leaving my computer off for the night or while I'm gone during the day. So I |
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> would have to try it with my brother in the morning or evening, but that has |
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> not been possible yet.) |
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> One more thing I'll try: not having the HDD plugged into the USB3 slot when my |
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> computer boots up. |
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> Greetings |
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Have a very similar problem with a USB drive. Resolved it by installing |
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a toggle switch into the DC power line and switched the drive on when I |
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did a backup. I.e. power up the PC, login, power up the USB drive. |