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    [SOLVED] External SSD randomly stops working and can't be detected ?

    So I eventually figured this out. I got two defective SSD from HP. Originally it was hard to test the SSD on another computer, since the trouble was intermitted but I kept the second SSD longer and it kept getting worse until it completely broke and wouldn't function at all(which made it very...
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    [SOLVED] External SSD randomly stops working and can't be detected ?

    Okay, I got the new SSD and I even plugged it into a different USB port from before. It was working great, for the first three days, no problems at all. Was using it this morning and it was being very slow again. It hasn't disconnected again yet, but it was definitely going very slow for some...
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    [SOLVED] External SSD randomly stops working and can't be detected ?

    I am going to return it and get a replacement, should be here tomorrow. That should settle if it is an SSD issue, or a my computer issue.
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    [SOLVED] External SSD randomly stops working and can't be detected ?

    I was watching it in task manager while it was struggling, and it spends long periods(like a few minutes) of time reading from it at 100's of kbps up to like 1-5mbps. When it does that some times it then disconnects, some times it starts working normally again after a while. When it is working...
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    [SOLVED] External SSD randomly stops working and can't be detected ?

    I found that option but it wasn't checked.
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    [SOLVED] External SSD randomly stops working and can't be detected ?

    I am still having the issue, so that doesn't seem to be the cause of it.
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    [SOLVED] External SSD randomly stops working and can't be detected ?

    I checked the power settings, and there is a "usb selective suspend setting" option currently enabled. No idea if that is the cause, but I will disable that just incase.
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    [SOLVED] External SSD randomly stops working and can't be detected ?

    It is HP P500 1 TB, USB 3.1 (Gen 2) Type C. Using the plug that came with it. The SSD is type C, computer is type A. I am not sure how to check the specifics for the computer, but it is one color coded red. Which if I google says could be USB 3.2 or 3.1 Gen 2, I am not sure which.
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    [SOLVED] External SSD randomly stops working and can't be detected ?

    So I got a new external SSD, I downloaded one game onto it, and everything works fine. I play the game from it several times, and there is no issues at all. Then randomly one time a few days after getting the SSD it starts to get much slower, then the game randomly crashes and I check and my...