Hey all! I guess the question I'm trying to answer below is: is my Mobo messed up and I have to get a new one or is there something I'm missing here?
I have a Drobo hooked up to a USB 3 port (Drobo specs say it's 3.0, not a 3.1 device), and about a month ago after I'd upgraded one of my drives in the Drobo, it suddenly started dropping the USB connection any time I would copy to it with a Windows error message saying the device was no longer available. At first I thought this was unique to the Drobo and I went round and round with Drobo customer support trying to get it fixed, including factory resetting and wiping all my data on the Drobo (three cheers for cloud backups). It seemed to get a little better, but then the issues returned. Moreover, it seems to be affecting all my USB ports. Finally, I just reinstalled Windows. No dice. Then I nuked my Mobo back to factory settings and that seems to do the ticket, but only temporarily and at crappy, reduced speeds and that reduced speed effects all my USB devices. I never transfer at faster than 40 MB/s which makes me think stuff is working at USB-2 across the board. If I quit the Drobo software, I sometimes get an error that "The instruction at 0x0000000077003BD3 referenced memory at 0x0000000000000014. The memory could not be written" or something similar.
To elaborate a little on the USB issues. After a CMOS reset I can start a copy to my Drobo or across USB hard drive devices from one to another and get those USB-2 speeds, but then about 5-10 minutes in, it starts doing a thing where the speed drops and comes back in a regular wave pattern. To the Drobo it will drop down to 0, sit there for a bit, and then come back up to 40. If I copy from one USB 3 external hard drive to another, it will drop into the teens and then come back up to 40-ish. Eventually on a copy the Drobo will fail and disconnect with a Windows "Unspecified error" and the device will unmount from Windows for maybe 20-30 seconds and then come right back, but from that point a copy will cause it to drop almost instantly. After this I can still copy between the USB external drives, but at reduced speeds of around 28 MB/s and with that wave fluctuation in speeds as I mentioned.
I've tried all of the following singularly and in various combinations:
I should also note that I bought this particular setup with an eye to overclocking it after a couple years and I can't overclock it even a little without it failing after about 2 hours with a hard lock (not a BSOD). This also makes me think I've got a bad MoBo and just never knew it because I was running "safely" for so long and maybe things have just come to head, but I don't want to go through the expense and hassle of having to rebuild my PC unless there's something here I've overlooked. Is there anything left to try? Is my PSU too weak after upgrading to a 2080?
Hardware:
Motherbaord: ASUS Deluxe II
Processor: Intel Core i7 5960X
RAM: Corsair - Dominator Platinum 32 GB
GPU: NVidia GeForce RTX 2080
PSU: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 850 W 80+
Cooler: Corsair H100i V2
C Drive Storage: Samsung - 960 PRO 512 GB M.2
Software:
Windows 10 Version 10.0.18362 Build 18362
I have a Drobo hooked up to a USB 3 port (Drobo specs say it's 3.0, not a 3.1 device), and about a month ago after I'd upgraded one of my drives in the Drobo, it suddenly started dropping the USB connection any time I would copy to it with a Windows error message saying the device was no longer available. At first I thought this was unique to the Drobo and I went round and round with Drobo customer support trying to get it fixed, including factory resetting and wiping all my data on the Drobo (three cheers for cloud backups). It seemed to get a little better, but then the issues returned. Moreover, it seems to be affecting all my USB ports. Finally, I just reinstalled Windows. No dice. Then I nuked my Mobo back to factory settings and that seems to do the ticket, but only temporarily and at crappy, reduced speeds and that reduced speed effects all my USB devices. I never transfer at faster than 40 MB/s which makes me think stuff is working at USB-2 across the board. If I quit the Drobo software, I sometimes get an error that "The instruction at 0x0000000077003BD3 referenced memory at 0x0000000000000014. The memory could not be written" or something similar.
To elaborate a little on the USB issues. After a CMOS reset I can start a copy to my Drobo or across USB hard drive devices from one to another and get those USB-2 speeds, but then about 5-10 minutes in, it starts doing a thing where the speed drops and comes back in a regular wave pattern. To the Drobo it will drop down to 0, sit there for a bit, and then come back up to 40. If I copy from one USB 3 external hard drive to another, it will drop into the teens and then come back up to 40-ish. Eventually on a copy the Drobo will fail and disconnect with a Windows "Unspecified error" and the device will unmount from Windows for maybe 20-30 seconds and then come right back, but from that point a copy will cause it to drop almost instantly. After this I can still copy between the USB external drives, but at reduced speeds of around 28 MB/s and with that wave fluctuation in speeds as I mentioned.
I've tried all of the following singularly and in various combinations:
- Updating & Factory resetting BIOS
- BIOS versions (1601, 1701, 1802, 1902)
- Various combinations of xHCI settings in BIOS
- Updating Drobo Firmware / Factory Resetting Drobo
- Installing Asmedia USB drivers directly from ASUS
- Using default Windows 10 USB drivers and removing/reinstalling them from Windows device manager
- Installing chipset drivers from ASUS
- Running with whatever Windows does for default chipset drivers
I should also note that I bought this particular setup with an eye to overclocking it after a couple years and I can't overclock it even a little without it failing after about 2 hours with a hard lock (not a BSOD). This also makes me think I've got a bad MoBo and just never knew it because I was running "safely" for so long and maybe things have just come to head, but I don't want to go through the expense and hassle of having to rebuild my PC unless there's something here I've overlooked. Is there anything left to try? Is my PSU too weak after upgrading to a 2080?
Hardware:
Motherbaord: ASUS Deluxe II
Processor: Intel Core i7 5960X
RAM: Corsair - Dominator Platinum 32 GB
GPU: NVidia GeForce RTX 2080
PSU: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 850 W 80+
Cooler: Corsair H100i V2
C Drive Storage: Samsung - 960 PRO 512 GB M.2
Software:
Windows 10 Version 10.0.18362 Build 18362
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