Several days ago, I switched it to a USB 2.0 connection and it has been up since. So, if it is a thermal issue, it may just be with the FW chipset.
I have 250GB WD drive in an aluminum fan-less case (Rosewill RX30-U2FAB Black 3.5" USB2.0 +1394a + 1394b External Enclosure). I have never had a problem with large transfers. When it was hooked up via FW, I transferred about 45GBs in one go with no issues. Thanks, Bobby -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of j maccraw Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 4:20 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] External drive dropping off... Let me second the thermal issue and throw in that I had no end of issues with XP (I know you said Vista) & it's FW support. Do you also have issues doing long transfers & getting Delayed Write Failures? That would be more of a sign of thermal than just disappearing while idle. Check Event Viewer for errors would where I'd start. That said I would never use a fanless plastic case for a 7200RPM drive and have been closely monitoring the fanless aluminum IcyDock I bought after the problems multiple Speedzter3 cases caused me. I've only had one cable issue and that was a 4 to 6 cable from Belkin that just gave up the ghost several months of use. Moronic these laptop 4pin 1394 ports! Bobby Heid wrote: > It did not seem hot to me, warm, but not hot. I'll monitor it more closely. > > > > It is a pretty cheap cable. > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting
