HDD Problems

[silk mango]

I’ve encountered a problem with an HDD that I use to store my games on (not preferable I know) and I can’t use it anymore without it messing up my pc and disconnecting all my usb devices. I narrowed it down and discovered that the HDD is what’s causing the problem which sucks cause it had 4tb of storage that I needed. Should I just cut my losses and spend the extra money on a good SSD to replace it since it would probably be more stable?

[sleek crane]

What do you mean messing with USB devices? Like, your keyboard and mouse keep disconnecting or?

[silk mango]

Yes, I thought it was a problem with my pc but everything looks good as far as hardware is concerned. It’s only when the external hard drive is connected that it disconnects itself as well as those devices. Nothing else seems to trigger it.

[sleek crane]

Try a different hard drive. That'll determine if it's the motherboard or the drive.

The hard drive port, I should say.

[remote depot]

Is the HDD connected via USB? Assuming your KB/M is also connected via USB, could it also potentially be a USB issue? Try uninstalling and re-installing USB drivers?

[rose coral]

some adapters also do not support the size of 4TB

usually its 2tb only

cause the usb wont be able to drive the storage properly

usually hdd above 2tb need a pdu

[silk mango]

It’s worked fine storing games and stuff for the last couple of years, not sure why it’s an issue now all of the sudden

[silk mango]

My default c drive SSD works just fine I think. I took my pc to a very reputable shop and they said everything looked fine including the motherboard and couldn’t figure out the issue

[silk mango]

I did that but it didn’t solve the issue, it’s weird

[rose coral]

have you tried going to device manager and updating your drivers?

[silk mango]

Yep, it just says they’re all up to date

[rose coral]

hmm

interesting