Author Topic: DriveStation HD - HS750U2 (USB2) Constant Powering Down in Vista 64 Premium  (Read 6617 times)

Herbaceous

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Hi,

 

I've had a DriveStation HD - HS750U2 (USB2) for over a year now, and since I bought it I had problems with the occasional whirring down of the device, followed by a message "device not recognized'. It was not often that it occured, but was a pain none the less. I tried all my USB ports and all of them had the same problem.

 

Recently though it has been happening frighteningly often. In fact I am lucky to keep my backup drive running for more than about 30 seconds before it powers down and reboots its unit, cancelling anything I am transferring.

 

Is there a solution to this problem anywhere? I've hunted through these threads looking for something but have only found firmware updates etc for other models.

 

Please help!

 

Hopefully...

R

 


Herbaceous

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   No help at all? :( Not even a response from Buffalo. That's pretty bad customer service. I guess I won't buy any more of these products again then...

Colin137

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My apologies for the late reply. Have you tried turning the power switch to the Manual position? Have you tried the drive with any other computers? It sounds like a hardware problem with the drive, but if it works fine with another computer, there may be something else going on.

Herbaceous

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Thank you for the reply Colin,

 

I've tried the manual power setting yes. The problem also occurs on every PC I've connected it to (which is 6 including 2 laptops). When it happens it sounds like the drive is parking itself, followed by a click sound, then I get the Windows message as stated above.


Colin137

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Because the problem has worsened over time and it behaves similarly on other computers, it definitely seems like a problem with the USB controller or other part of the circuit board in the unit.

Herbaceous

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Ok. Is it possible that the USB cable could cause power problems for the unit?

 

I stopped using the stock cable some time back and replaced it with a much longer, higher quality cable (5M). I'm clutching at straws here, but I know that some cables can cause a fall-off of data and power etc when their length exceeds a certain amount.


nicbot

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   Try a shorter cable.

Herbaceous

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I am :) So far so good. I realize it probably sounded silly to ask about the cable, even though I am trying a shorter one. I guess I just wanted confirmation on a hunch. Thanks for all the help so far. I'll mark this thread as solved and get back to these forums if the problem starts up again...

 

Ciao!