glowpowered Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 I have a usb 2.0 Vantec NexStar 3 external hard drive enclosure, it is packed with a Western Digital 80gig hard drive. After about 10 minutes of continuous use it will go unreconized by my computer and i have to restart the external drive in order for my computer to see it again. Is this a hardware failure in the enclosure or is it my computer? Now, if there is on and off use (like listening to mp3's or videos) it will go a lot longer time before it quits on me. It is only when I move or backup 400meg files that it quits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 I was asked to look at a Freecom external drive that did this - OK for short runs but cut out on long runs such as writing a backup. I found that the fan in the enclosure wasn't working so the drive overheated and shut down. May be your problem, may be not but it's worth looking at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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