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<blockquote data-quote="brightondf" data-source="post: 1111545" data-attributes="member: 163535"><p>just added my spec details so dunno if that helps</p><p></p><p><u>"I can think of two reasons the drives are dismounting. Not enough power coming thru the USB ports (I know you stated you tried adding ports using PCI cards) or the USB system is not functioning.</u></p><p><u>Have you tried using firewire? Does the same happen with other USB hardware such as a flash drive or optical drive?" </u></p><p></p><p>I haven't tried using firewire as the PCI cards just give 4 usb ports each. I have tried plugging in to the USB at the front of the machine and it works fine. </p><p>I have the mouse and keyboard both plugged into these PCI usb ports and have never had a problem with them. </p><p>As the external hard drives both have their own power why would they need to draw power from the USB ports? or is there still a certain amount of power needed just to run the data through the cables? So do you think maybe i should get rid of one of these PCI cards so that less power is taken?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brightondf, post: 1111545, member: 163535"] just added my spec details so dunno if that helps [U]"I can think of two reasons the drives are dismounting. Not enough power coming thru the USB ports (I know you stated you tried adding ports using PCI cards) or the USB system is not functioning. Have you tried using firewire? Does the same happen with other USB hardware such as a flash drive or optical drive?" [/U] I haven't tried using firewire as the PCI cards just give 4 usb ports each. I have tried plugging in to the USB at the front of the machine and it works fine. I have the mouse and keyboard both plugged into these PCI usb ports and have never had a problem with them. As the external hard drives both have their own power why would they need to draw power from the USB ports? or is there still a certain amount of power needed just to run the data through the cables? So do you think maybe i should get rid of one of these PCI cards so that less power is taken? [/QUOTE]
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