Icybox SATA/USB3hd has disappeared from W7, but appears on other PC


  1. 2pods
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    Icybox SATA/USB3hd has disappeared from W7, but appears on other PC


    As above really.

    I have a 1gb Seagate drive in an powered Icybox SATA to USB3 enclosure, that has disappeared from my desktop machine. It doesn't show up in drive management, or the bios, even if I change USB sockets (including USB2). The drive is spinning up and W7 makes a USB connect noise, but just won't see the drive. It was going fine for about a month before. My PC sees my unpowered external USB3 drive

    However, if I plug it into my laptop (USB2 granted), it's there.
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  3. DeaconFrost
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    Once you have it connected to your desktop machine, open Disk Management to see if it shows up there. I may just need a letter assigned to it.
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  4. 2pods
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    Tried that before I posted
    It doesn't show up in drive management, or the bios,
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  6. DeaconFrost
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    Do you get any sounds to acknowledge the USB device being plugged in?
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  7. 2pods
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    Yes.
    I've worked out what's happening, how to fix it, but not why it happened.
    It's actually seeing the enclosure as a DTMB BDA TV USB device. I don't know why, as it was working before as a VSi something or other.

    I selected "update driver" and selected USB storage device, and it's reappeared. Hopefully, it will stay like that.
    I don't know why it happened though.
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