RE: [H] External drive dropping off...

2007-08-23 Thread Bobby Heid
bject: 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

Re: [H] External drive dropping off...

2007-08-22 Thread j maccraw
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

RE: [H] External drive dropping off...

2007-08-17 Thread Bobby Heid
It did not seem hot to me, warm, but not hot. I'll monitor it more closely. It is a pretty cheap cable. Thanks, Bobby From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Martin Jr. Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 9:20 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] Ext

Re: [H] External drive dropping off...

2007-08-17 Thread Robert Martin Jr.
Does the enclosure get very hot? I have a couple that did that because of heat related issues. I fixed the worst one by adding a tiny fan (dremmelled a small hole in the plastic case). Also try a different cable. I've have a few firewire issues caused by cheap cables. lopaka Bobby Heid <[EMAIL