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Gilbertpwns

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Maxtor external 500G hard drive causes BSOD on my Windows 7 install.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 64bit/Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit
CPU
E4400
Memory
4 gigs
Graphics Card(s)
8800GT
Screen Resolution
1680x1050
Hard Drives
WD 500G WD 320G
Cooling
Zalman CNPS 9700LED
Keyboard
G15
Mouse
G5
try finding chipset drivers for your motherboard and update them

probably a USB issue
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Plaisio
OS
Windows 7 build 7000
CPU
Quad Q6600
Motherboard
Gigabyte DS3-R
Memory
Geil 4-4-12 800Mhz 4GB
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia 8800 GTS
Sound Card
On-board
Monitor(s) Displays
Hanns 19"
Screen Resolution
1280*1240 - 75Hz
Hard Drives
- 120 OS
- 250 Programms
- 500 Muzik

- 1TB planning
PSU
L&C 600W
Case
NZXT Red Edition
Cooling
CoolerMaster Sphere
Keyboard
MS Curve Keys 2000
Mouse
MS Optical Mouse
Internet Speed
3 Mbps
I have a Maxtor external USB drive and it works fine on mine. No personal intervention necessary, Windows 7 found whatever it needed.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Alienware® ALX X58
OS
Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 10 Pro (all x64)
CPU
Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, 8MB Cache
Motherboard
Asus® P6T Deluxe V2 X58 LGA1366
Memory
24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 4096MB
Graphics Card(s)
1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295 Dual Core
Sound Card
Onboard Soundmax® High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung XL2370 LED backlit 23" W/S 2ms response time
Screen Resolution
1920 X 1080
Hard Drives
2 x 500gb SATA II
1 x 1TB SATA II
1 external eSATA LaCie 3TB
(Non-RAID)
PSU
Alienware® 1200 Watt Multi-GPU
Case
Alienware® P2 ALX Chassis with AlienIce™ 3.0 Video Cooling
Cooling
Alienware® High-Perf. Liquid Cooling + Acoustic Dampening
Keyboard
Microsoft® Wireless Entertainment 8000 + Logitech® G15 Wired
Mouse
Microsoft® Wireless Laser 8000 + Logitech® G9 Wired
Internet Speed
1Gb/s
Antivirus
McAfee LiveSafe
Browser
Firefox - latest
Other Info
Using non-RAID on purpose as I find RAID to be too temperamental.
Now set to AHCI
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