Maxtor OneTouch4 mini

Computer Forum Storage Devices
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Hi All,

I got a problem of not able to detect my usb 250 GB Maxtor OneTouch 4 mini external drive. The symptoms are as follow:

  1. Beeping sound and flashing light when connected. Not detected. Tried all the ports
  2. When my usb modem is plugged out, i am able to detect intermittenly but resulted “delayed write failure” after sometime.

My computer specs are as follow:
AMD Athlon 2600
Asus A7V600 motherboard (with usb 2.0)
Win XP SP2 (updated last year)

I have tried connecting using a self powered usb 2.0 hub and updated my VIA usb driver to 2.57

Is there any suggestion? The drive is working perfectly on other pc.

What are the chances that it might work if i buy a pci usb card? If my motherboard usb is problematic, does it mean anything asociated to usb protocol will not work even if i put pci usb card?

Really need you help. Im completely burnt out. Thanks

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i would suspect the onboard USB controller, because the HDD worked on another system

and a USB hub just replicates the original USB port (and all problems that port is having too)

BTW: no, nothing else related to USB will be affected, but, it would be a good idea to disable the onboard USB before inserting the USB card

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thank you for your reply.

my usb works on all other devices including my adsl modem, card reader, handphone, etc. strange. maybe the archictecture is not a true usb2.0?

anyone got other suggestion? still reckon it can work if i put a pci usb card?