Thanks. It is plugged directly into the motherboard. -----Original Message----- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2013 6:06 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] External drive issue
Make sure that your USB cable is plugged directly into the motherboard ...not a hub, and or the case extension... plug into the back of the MB USB port. At 03:01 PM 7/28/2013, you wrote: >Hey, > > > >I have a 3TB WD external USB 2.0 drive. When I try to copy large files >(~50GB), the pc loses the connection and the copy fails after 15-20GB. > > > >Any idea as to what causes this or how to correct the issue? > > > >The drive seems to work normally except for this. > > > >Thanks, > >Bobby