08-18-04 07:45 AM
Looks like the firmware in USB2 path of the enclosure doesn't support
BigATA.
"Spammay Blockay" <SPAMBLOCKER@BLOCKEDTOAVOIDSPAM.com> wrote in message
news:cfsdqd$nk5$1@bolt.sonic.net...
> Hi all!
>
> So I bought a new 250MB Western Digital drive, and put it into
> my USB2 & Firewire enclosure, replacing the 120MB one I'd had in
> there.
>
> Under Windows 2000, using Firewire (via a Cardbus card in my
> laptop) crashes Windows over and over again. Not sure if it's
> related to the drive or the Cardbus card, although I'm able to
> use a DVD burner via the same Firewire card without any
> errors.
>
> Anyway, due to these crashes (which don't happen under XP Pro,
> I noticed), I switched to using the enclosure's USB 2.0 port,
> via a Belkin USB 2.0 Cardbus card (my laptop only has USB 1.1
> built in).
>
> This worked, but then I noticed that Windows 2000 (and XP as
> well) shows only 128MB on the drive!
>
> Is there some USB 2.0 limitation under Windows 2000 that would
> cause this effect?
>
> And has anyone seen consistent crashes whenever attaching
> a drive via Cardbus Firewire adapter under Windows 2000?
>
> This is all getting annoying, especially since the Firewire
> connection to the drive *used* to work with no problems, but
> suddenly started happening recently (perhaps due to a Windows
> update or other drivers installed).
>
> - Tim
>
> --
>
[ Post a follow-up to this message ]
| 
