On Thu, 2006-12-07 at 18:35 +0100, Colin Brace wrote: > On 12/7/06, Ashley M. Kirchner <ashley@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > a) Is this a USB powered drive, or a self-powered one? > [...] > > Now, if everything is self-powered and you're still having problems, > > then something else is happening and it's hard to point a finger at any > > one particular thing. > > The drive has its own power supply, so it must that hard to determine > something else. > > > b) If you've maxed out the SATA ports on your board, you can always > > get a SATA card with additional ports and continue to add more drives, > > either internal or external. > > I already have one SATA card in the box, in addition to the SATA > interface on the MB. Last summer I tried to add a 2nd SATA card, but I > ran into some kind of BIOS limitation, which restricts the number of > IDE/SATA drives one can run off the MB. At least, the was the > explanation of the vendor. Apparently some of the newer MBs support > more drives. My MB is an Asus P4P8X which I bought in the spring of > 2004. > > -- > Colin Brace > Amsterdam > Check for a bios update for your motherboard. It could fix the problem. If the drive has been working properly for some time and just started to doing this, then check the computers power supply for being close to it's limit.
