Hi Guys,
Can any one help?
I have an Asus P6X58D-E motherboard with two USB3 sockets on the rear. It’s works fine except when I plug 2 USB3 external drives in at the same time. The drives work fine, but only the first drive I plug in seems to work the other drive is dead. It doesn’t matter which drive I plug in first (in either socket) only the first drive plugged in works.
My two external hard drives are My Passport 2TB.
Thanks
Are these external hard drives self powered or are they powered from the USB 3 port. If they are powered by the USB port it's possible together they are drawing too much power for the USB to support so it's shutting down.
You could look at getting a HDD caddy that is self powered for your HDD's as an alternative.
Yes, both external hard drives are USB powered. How do I get around this? I know I could plug one of the drives into a USB2 socket, but the transfer rate is down to just 31.7MB/sec.
I have to copy over 1.8TB of data!
Thanks for the reply.
You could look at a USB 3 hub that has a dedicated power supply, that is, it has it's own power supply & does not rely on the computer for power. They also have multiple USB outlets on them as well.
As I am in Australia there is not much point in me advising you where to buy such an item. If you have a good computer shop nearby, you call in & talk to them about it & they should be able to advise you & also supply it, if it suits your needs.
I’ve bought a 7 port powered hub to overcome my problem. The thing is, it doesn’t work all the time as it should.
The hub is plugged into one of the 2 USB 3 sockets on the back of my computer. Now, sometimes when I boot-up Win7 gives me a message in the bottom right of the screen saying that this device will perform better if plugged into a USB 3 socket.
This doesn’t happen all the time, like 1 in 3 boots. Is there a way to refresh the USB 3 sockets?
Can any one help?
Thanks
Jess
Have a look in Device Manager, accessible through Control Panel, & have a look through all devices & see if you hub is listed, particularly in the USB Controllers section, right click on it & see what options are listed. There may be a driver update that you could try.
Get back here if you have any problems or need more info.
Thanks for the help.
This is what I see. What exactly am I looking for?
http://i775.photobucket.com/albums/y...ps9ocouvau.jpg
Please let me know.
Jess
If I had 1.8 TB of data to transfer I would use the Sata ports on the motherboard.
All you would need is a extra cable.
That's a good suggestion from Layback Bear. Are you sufficiently familiar with computers to be able to open the case & connect a couple of cables to the motherboard & hard drive.
You have mentioned copying over 1.8Tb. Is this from your main operating system hard drive or from one of the 2 external hard drives to the other.
The data is on one of the two 2TB ‘My Passport’ external hard drives and I need to copy the data to the second external hard drive to keep a backup. I tried plugging them both in to my computer but a power problem stopped me, hence the new powered hub.
I could of course copy all the data to an internal hard drive and then back onto the second hard drive. I just thought is was easier and quicker this way. I like the idea of have both drives online at the same time so that I can copy data off my C: to both external drive for safe keeping.
I just don’t understand why Win7 (or my hardware) thinks the external drives are USB2.
Thanks
Jess
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