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Started by rangerrod, July 12, 2010, 06:27:41 AM

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rangerrod

July 12, 2010, 06:27:41 AM

I am having a data read corruption problem with my DriveStation Quattro.  When i use the USB interface it reads and writes fine.  When I use the eSATA cable it shows about 10-20% of my files as corrupt.  They are random but always the same files.  When I plug the USB cable in (only one cable at a time) i can read the file and us it normally.  i bought the drive for the eSATA's great speed but am pulling my hair out!

Can anyone help

 

i contacted support and they have never heard of the problem before and suggested i post here to see if anyone else has had a fix.  They are sending me a new eSATA cable just to make sure.

Thank you for your help!

 

DriveStation Quattro Model: HD-QSTSU2/R5  with TurboUSB

4TB configured with NTFS file system and Raid 5

System:

Dell XPS 9000 i7 processor, Raid 1 640G hard drives, 1T WD Scratch drive,  one eSATA post on computers main interface panel

 

Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit

 

drmemory

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July 12, 2010, 03:45:04 PM

do you have the latest revision of esata drivers for your Dell?

rangerrod

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July 18, 2010, 09:57:27 AM

I sent the original unit back to B&H Photo (great place to do business with) give the tech thought it sounded like a bad controller.  the new unit does the same thing.  I

 have looked everywhere including Dells driver sight and there is no update for Windows 7 Bit.  I accidentally downloaded Vista Bit driver and installed it and now my system won't even recognize the drive using eSATA.  It acts like it can only recognize 2TB of the 2.72TB available and the information written to the .72TB area is unreadable through the eSATA protacol.  i have the latest Raid controller drivers installed so it looks like this drive is not compatible with Windows 7 Bit at least for now. 

rangerrod

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July 18, 2010, 09:03:58 PM

Fixed some grammer below.  Hope this is more clear and Thank you for any help you can provide

 

I sent the original unit back to B&H Photo (great place to do business with) given that the tech thought it sounded like a bad controller.  The new unit does the same thing.  I

 have looked everywhere including Dell's driver site and there is no update for Windows 7 64 Bit.  I accidentally downloaded Vista 64 Bit driver and installed it and now my system won't even recognize the drive using the eSATA cable.  When it did work the eSATA controller acts like it can only recognize 2TB of the 2.72TB available and the information written to the .72TB area is unreadable through the eSATA protacol.  I have the latest Raid controller drivers installed so it looks like this drive is not compatible with Windows 7 64 Bit, at least for now. 

rangerrod

#4
July 18, 2010, 10:09:15 PM

Corrected the Drivers and the thing worked!!!  Hallelujah!!!!!   It only took 3 days on the web but it finally works!  eSATA is lightning fast.

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