Somebody in the thread at some point said: > Aug 13 18:29:27 saturn kernel: usb 1-5: device descriptor read/64, error > -71 I believe these are timeouts... I doubt there is any problem with your HDD, but there can be a problem between the kernel and your USB host controller or your cable. Once I had a problem like this that was to do with interrupt routing, I turned off acpi (acpi=off) and forced bios interrupt routing (pci=biosirq) and stuff started working again. I would also try backing down a kernel version or two if possible, especially if USB had been working before. -Andy
