I have 5 multi-terrabyte USB 3.0 drives connected to my Dell XPS 8700 desk top PC. Of those 5 drives, 2 particular ones keep disconnecting and reconnecting (one of them has to have its' power cycled to reconnect) when connected to USB 3.0 ports. The other 3 drives work fine on USB 3.0.
The 2 "problem drives" work fine, though considerably slower than USB 3.0 speed, on USB 2 ports.
I've tried deleting the drivers and checking for hardware changes in order to get the drivers to reinstall. No joy.
I've verified that all usb ports (both usb 3.0 and usb 2) have their power shutdown options disabled.
I've swapped connections around and the same 2 drives keep getting disconnected regardless of which USB 3.0 port they are plugged into.
My various hobbies involve lots of data transfers of both large (sometimes over 100 gigabyte) and numerous small files (often thousands of files in the 100kB to 10 MB range). Although the hook-up I currently have is liveable,,, it sure would be nice if those other 2 drives could go at USB 3.0 speed.
Any help resolving this will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Tom Ackley
The 2 "problem drives" work fine, though considerably slower than USB 3.0 speed, on USB 2 ports.
I've tried deleting the drivers and checking for hardware changes in order to get the drivers to reinstall. No joy.
I've verified that all usb ports (both usb 3.0 and usb 2) have their power shutdown options disabled.
I've swapped connections around and the same 2 drives keep getting disconnected regardless of which USB 3.0 port they are plugged into.
My various hobbies involve lots of data transfers of both large (sometimes over 100 gigabyte) and numerous small files (often thousands of files in the 100kB to 10 MB range). Although the hook-up I currently have is liveable,,, it sure would be nice if those other 2 drives could go at USB 3.0 speed.
Any help resolving this will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Tom Ackley