Hey there!
the tl;dr is that external hdds keep disconnecting/reconnecting when connected to a certain usb port. the story below might help you guys help me as it kinda shows what I've tried already and when the problems started
when it started/system backstory:
I seem to be having problems with a certain usb port. I have a lenovo y500 laptop with 2 usb ports on the left side, and 1 on the right. I'm not sure if they all support usb 3, but at least one does (I'll look up the specifics on this later/if relevant).
I own several external hdds (some usb2, some usb3) and up until recently, have never encountered any problems with hooking more than 1 up to my laptop. I recently purchased another WD My Book 4TB, and proceeded to hook that one and one of the same type that I already owned (and that has/had worked flawlessly since I bought it months ago), up to my laptop. Everything seemed fine. However, the next time I started up my laptop, with the 2 drives still attached, the new drive attached to one of the left usb ports, started acting up right away. Constantly disconnecting/reconnecting. Which it hadn't done at all the previous day/night, when I had used it for quite a lot of hours.
what I've tried already:
Since I found a lot of IO errors in the event log, I figured it was probably the hdd dying. However, when I hooked up another external hdd today, one that I have fully checked less than a week ago, and it started to do the exact same thing, I figured it was probably something with the usb port. I had my suspicions and thus have been avoiding using that usb port to check new external hdds since the initial problems, turns out I was probably right.
I have tried uninstalling all the usb devices with generic names, and this seems to have helped somewhat, but the problem persists (albeit with a much much lower frequency).
I have also already looked at the power settings and disabled usb selective suspend.
NOTE: All of the external hdds mentioned are externally powered.
Please help me fix this, it's so so annoying.
the tl;dr is that external hdds keep disconnecting/reconnecting when connected to a certain usb port. the story below might help you guys help me as it kinda shows what I've tried already and when the problems started
when it started/system backstory:
I seem to be having problems with a certain usb port. I have a lenovo y500 laptop with 2 usb ports on the left side, and 1 on the right. I'm not sure if they all support usb 3, but at least one does (I'll look up the specifics on this later/if relevant).
I own several external hdds (some usb2, some usb3) and up until recently, have never encountered any problems with hooking more than 1 up to my laptop. I recently purchased another WD My Book 4TB, and proceeded to hook that one and one of the same type that I already owned (and that has/had worked flawlessly since I bought it months ago), up to my laptop. Everything seemed fine. However, the next time I started up my laptop, with the 2 drives still attached, the new drive attached to one of the left usb ports, started acting up right away. Constantly disconnecting/reconnecting. Which it hadn't done at all the previous day/night, when I had used it for quite a lot of hours.
what I've tried already:
Since I found a lot of IO errors in the event log, I figured it was probably the hdd dying. However, when I hooked up another external hdd today, one that I have fully checked less than a week ago, and it started to do the exact same thing, I figured it was probably something with the usb port. I had my suspicions and thus have been avoiding using that usb port to check new external hdds since the initial problems, turns out I was probably right.
I have tried uninstalling all the usb devices with generic names, and this seems to have helped somewhat, but the problem persists (albeit with a much much lower frequency).
I have also already looked at the power settings and disabled usb selective suspend.
NOTE: All of the external hdds mentioned are externally powered.
Please help me fix this, it's so so annoying.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8 Pro