USB3.0 Hard Drives Keep Self Ejecting

[TechXero]

Hey guys.

I am having the weirdest problem. I tried "Googling" for solutions to no avail. Even searched this forum. My USB3.0 Hard Drives keep self ejecting.

Now let me elaborate on my problem.

I own 2 USB3.0 external drives, one is an Apacer 500gb drive the other is a WD elements 2tb drive. When am copying files to one of them the other self ejects then re-mounts itself out of the blue. And other times the drive I am copying to self ejects then re-mounts resulting in corrupt files.

At first I thought it was a Windows 8.1.1 issue, so tried it on Windows 7 same issue. I checked to see if my motherboard USB3.0 drivers were installed, and indeed they were.

Note that am currently OC'd to 4.1ghz. And USB3.0 Chip is Fresco FL1009

Please help ! I cannot use ANY USB3.0 HDD until this is solved. USB2.0 is ok though xD

Thank you...

 

[matts6887]

There may be mb 3.0 drivers installed; but what about the drivers for the drives themselves? have you tried updating those?

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

It sounds like the drives aren't getting enough power. Can you link the exact USB card you are using? The link you provided only goes to the manufacturer's home page, which doesn't tell us which card you are using.

 

[TechXero]

There may be mb 3.0 drivers installed; but what about the drivers for the drives themselves? have you tried updating those?

No drivers were included, furthermore the WD tools or whatever was included did nothing but make things worse. Tried all manners of drivers to no avail.

It sounds like the drives aren't getting enough power. Can you link the exact USB card you are using? The link you provided only goes to the manufacturer's home page, which doesn't tell us which card you are using.

I provided exact model number but on the site they got no info. Also it's not a card it's a chip built in on the Mobo. Anyway, as to the power issue, I tend to agree since I OC, which had me Undervold and Over-volt a few components via the Bios.

I have since restored Bios to factory, updated to latest F7 version, and thus far problem seems to have faded into oblivion. Also went back from windows 8.1.1 to 7 on which the drivers downloaded from Gigabyte site work much better.

Will keep you guys informed...

 

[Layback Bear]

TechXero I noticed in your specs you don't list a anti virus program.
I recommend installing one of your choice. You have a very nice system and it deserves protection. I'm thinking going back to Windows 7 solved your problem.
My choice was:

Microsoft Security Essentials - Microsoft Windows

 

[TechXero]

TechXero I noticed in your specs you don't list a anti virus program.
I recommend installing one of your choice. I'm thinking going back to Windows 7 solved your problem.

I know it's not my place to argue, but I just do not believe in something called Anti-Virus. To me it's a comapny's way of taking control of our system.

I have had at least 15 years of bad history with all kinds of Anti-Virus programs. They either bog the system down saying it's the cost of total security or just doing nothing except lay there blocking all sorts of stuff.

Sorry but even if I was paid a trillion bucks I wouldn't install that crap on my system. I do, however use Stinger from time to time, since it's portable and always up to date. So far in well over 8 years I haven't had any virus related issues knock on wood...

Thanks anyways bro, appreciate the help

 

[Layback Bear]

We are not arguing. I gave a suggestion and you chose not to do it.
That is fine; it's your computer.
To continue with not arguing.
With out running security programs their is a good chance you wouldn't know if your system is infected.
The bad guys can create some nasty stuff that hides well in your system.
I'm done happy computing.

 

[TechXero]

We are not arguing. I gave a suggestion and you chose not to do it.
That is fine; it's your computer.
To continue with not arguing.
With out running security programs their is a good chance you wouldn't know if your system is infected.
The bad guys can create some nasty stuff that hides well in your system.
I'm done happy computing.

That is why I use Stinger from time to time. And to answer your question, yes it seems that going back to Windows 7 on which I installed the Board drivers has fixed my issue.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Well, I'm part Irish and we Irish love to argue. MSE has consistently ranked as the worst AV in AV reviews for well over a year now but even it would be infinitely better than no AV at all. As the Bear pointed out, without an AV, how would you know you had one? Today's viruses usually do not pull pranks or otherwise announce their presence; instead, they run quietly in the background, silently doing whatever damage they were designed to do. Without your knowledge, a virus could be accessing your bank accounts, draining them dry, running up your internet bandwidth usage by using your computer as a spambot, etc. Without an AV, it's a major wonder you haven't been hit with ransomware, a virus that locks down your data until you pay some outrageous amount of money (and that doesn't always get your data back). It doesn't matter how carefully one may surf; just accessing the internet provides viruses and other malware the opportunity to get into your computer.

I agree many, if not most, of the non-free AVs in the past would choke the life out of a computer but that generally isn't as true today because today's computers are more powerful plus there are many that use very little in the way of computer resources (such as MSE). I use AVAST free and the only time I know it is operating is on the rare occasions it blocks a virus (and, even then, I could set it to not notify me). That is a far cry from the days when I used Norton 360; talk about a resource hog (one could hear it oinking in the next county and AZ has huge counties)! However, even Norton is not as resource heavy as it used to be (although I do not recommend Norton or any other Symantec product). In addition to AVAST free, I have MBAM Pro, SuperAntiSpyware free, and Spybot S&D free running and they only add a tiny percentage to my normal idle processes, even on my little notebook with just a two core I3 and only 4GB RAM.

Using Stinger (I never even heard of it) from time to time might catch viruses once you have one but, by that time, it most likely would be too late.

 

[TechXero]

Well, I'm part Irish and we Irish love to argue. MSE has consistently ranked as the worst AV in AV reviews for well over a year now but even it would be infinitely better than no AV at all. As the Bear pointed out, without an AV, how would you know you had one? Today's viruses usually do not pull pranks or otherwise announce their presence; instead, they run quietly in the background, silently doing whatever damage they were designed to do. Without your knowledge, a virus could be accessing your bank accounts, draining them dry, running up your internet bandwidth usage by using your computer as a spambot, etc. Without an AV, it's a major wonder you haven't been hit with ransomware, a virus that locks down your data until you pay some outrageous amount of money (and that doesn't always get your data back). It doesn't matter how carefully one may surf; just accessing the internet provides viruses and other malware the opportunity to get into your computer.

I agree many, if not most, of the non-free AVs in the past would choke the life out of a computer but that generally isn't as true today because today's computers are more powerful plus there are many that use very little in the way of computer resources (such as MSE). I use AVAST free and the only time I know it is operating is on the rare occasions it blocks a virus (and, even then, I could set it to not notify me). That is a far cry from the days when I used Norton 360; talk about a resource hog (one could hear it oinking in the next county and AZ has huge counties)! However, even Norton is not as resource heavy as it used to be (although I do not recommend Norton or any other Symantec product). In addition to AVAST free, I have MBAM Pro, SuperAntiSpyware free, and Spybot S&D free running and they only add a tiny percentage to my normal idle processes, even on my little notebook with just a two core I3 and only 4GB RAM.

Using Stinger (I never even heard of it) from time to time might catch viruses once you have one but, by that time, it most likely would be too late.

I am so sorry. I didn't mean for this to become a discussion about AV. Al I wanted was to know why I was having them issues. Also I do not think a virus messes with USB drivers. Then again I could be wrong.

I have been an IT Specialist for many years, this was the first time I see this problem. But at least now I know that it could have been Windows 8.1.1 which wasn't accepting the drivers I got from official chip manufacturer, or fact that I had OC'd to 4.1Ghz.

I can't be sure about Windows 8.1.1 since I have downgraded back to good old Windows 7 coz 8.1.1 was just a nightmare to deal with when it came to disabling UAC. But that's another story not for this forum since it's a Windows 7 forum.

As to OC, like I said many people say it's never stable, and I tend to agree. So I went back to normal.

Bottom line is, I still do not know which of the 2 was the culprit, but sure it is one of them, and since problem seems to have disappeared for now, am happy.

Thanks.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

You are an IT specialist and don't believe in AVs and UAC?

 

[Layback Bear]

TechXero if your happy I'm happy.

Please remember that we always try to help each other.
Not knowing your knowledge in the computing field I made a suggestion. That's it.
Once a member has been on this forum for some time we can pretty much figure out which level of expertise they are at. Therefor suggestions will vary once we know you better.

Welcome to our forum.

Happy computing.

 

[TechXero]

You are an IT specialist and don't believe in AVs and UAC?

Yeah! I am. And I hope you knew that I was talking about myself here. For clients if they request an AV, I install one. Heck I even present them with the choices after having done extensive research. As for UAC, I always disable it first thing after I format any client's PC.

Tell me, what's the use of UAC if you can just hit ok n ignore it anyway ? Clients I forget to disable UAC for, keep calling back and complaining about how annoying it is, and ask me to teach them how to disable it. It's the worst thing on earth.

And please don't take this the wrong way, it's just my personal opinion. If you like to use AV + UAC I ain't gonna talk shit. We are free to like or dislike anything we want !

Cheers me lady

TechXero if your happy I'm happy.

Please remember that we always try to help each other.
Not knowing your knowledge in the computing field I made a suggestion. That's it.
Once a member has been on this forum for some time we can pretty much figure out which level of expertise they are at. Therefor suggestions will vary once we know you better.

Welcome to our forum.

Happy computing.

Thanks buddy. Your suggestion wasn't wrong, I just dislike AV n UAC.

Cheers

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

...Tell me, what's the use of UAC if you can just hit ok n ignore it anyway ? Clients I forget to disable UAC for, keep calling back and complaining about how annoying it is, and ask me to teach them how to disable it. It's the worst thing on earth...

The purpose of UAC is to let you know a program is about to be started. If malware should try to open a program, UAC will alert you to that and prevent the program from starting unless you intervene. It takes all of one or, maybe, two seconds to click on YES (not OK, btw). That one second delay is nowhere close to the worst thing on Earth and is a cheap price to the extra security UAC provides.

 

[TechXero]

If you say so. For me and many people it's just annoying. In my case, since am a careful person, I don't run bad programs on my system. Also I got alternatives to UAC that don't bother me via popup. Just a balloon in taskbar.

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[Lady Fitzgerald]

I give up. Maybe it's a language barrier but you just aren't getting it.

 

[TechXero]

I am. It's useful. I get it. But I just find it annoying is all. Better safe than sorry. I am safe. The USB issue is only one I or my satisfied customers have ever suffered for years. I am not ignorant.

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[meebers]

When Lady F said " MSE has consistently ranked as the worst AV in AV reviews for well over a year now" Do you have a link to that, I want to read it. MSE has not given me any problems.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

When Lady F said " MSE has consistently ranked as the worst AV in AV reviews for well over a year now" Do you have a link to that, I want to read it. MSE has not given me any problems.

For starters:

Goodbye Microsoft Security Essentials: Microsoft Now Recommends You Use a Third-Party Antivirus

AV-TEST - The Independent IT-Security Institute: Jul/Aug 2013

AV-TEST - The Independent IT-Security Institute: Jan/Feb 2014

Microsoft Security Essentials Fails Certification Again

My own experiences reflects the above. During the six months I used MSE, I never could get it to automatically download definitions; I had to do it manually. MBAM was frequently picking up viruses that MSE was letting through. In short, it was a joke. MSE had excellent ratings its first year or so, but has plummeted since then.

 

[Golden]

I own 2 USB3.0 external drives, one is an Apacer 500gb drive the other is a WD elements 2tb drive. When am copying files to one of them the other self ejects then re-mounts itself out of the blue. And other times the drive I am copying to self ejects then re-mounts resulting in corrupt files.

Back to the original topic.....is Windows 8.1 updated? Windows 8 provides native USB3.0 drivers, and I'm wondering if the Fresco drivers - installed on Windows 8? - might be conflicting with the native USB3.0 drivers?