USB device malfunction/not recogised

Dawnie · 01-05-2007, 10:34 PM

Can anyone help me?? got a mextor 3200 USB hard drive today, thinking I would just plug it into my USB 2.0 port and it would work but I keep getting error message saying malfunction. Could it be faulty or have I failed to do something to make it work?

nffc10 · 01-05-2007, 10:38 PM

Does a box come up saying you need the drivers for the hardware, with options to install from a specific location or to search for the drivers automaticaly?

Dawnie · 01-05-2007, 11:06 PM

No, the only instruction that come with it say plug into mains, plug into usb and thats it. No discs, and from the mextor web site it seems no drivers either.

nffc10 · 01-05-2007, 11:16 PM

No i mean what comes up on the screen exactly when you plug it in to the pc?

chrisalviola · 01-05-2007, 11:47 PM

are you using windowsXP? if not you must have drivers for that

Dylan_ · 01-05-2007, 11:56 PM

Sounds like drivers or the actual hard drive has malfunctioned.

What excatly does it say on the screen when you plug it in?

01-05-2007, 10:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
Dawnie New Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2	USB device malfunction/not recogised Can anyone help me?? got a mextor 3200 USB hard drive today, thinking I would just plug it into my USB 2.0 port and it would work but I keep getting error message saying malfunction. Could it be faulty or have I failed to do something to make it work?

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nffc10 Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Nottingham Age: 17 Posts: 1,659	Does a box come up saying you need the drivers for the hardware, with options to install from a specific location or to search for the drivers automaticaly? __________________ Amd Athlon 64 X2 6000+ @ 3.31GHz Asrock AM2NF3 VSTA 2gb Corsair XMS2 PC5400 Sapphire X800XL 256MB AGP 80GB Maxtor Hard Drive OCZ StealthXtreme 600W PSU Pictures - 1 2 3 http://www.treasuretrooper.com/438654

01-05-2007, 11:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
Dawnie New Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2	Hard Drive Malfunction No, the only instruction that come with it say plug into mains, plug into usb and thats it. No discs, and from the mextor web site it seems no drivers either.

01-05-2007, 11:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
nffc10 Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Nottingham Age: 17 Posts: 1,659	No i mean what comes up on the screen exactly when you plug it in to the pc? __________________ Amd Athlon 64 X2 6000+ @ 3.31GHz Asrock AM2NF3 VSTA 2gb Corsair XMS2 PC5400 Sapphire X800XL 256MB AGP 80GB Maxtor Hard Drive OCZ StealthXtreme 600W PSU Pictures - 1 2 3 http://www.treasuretrooper.com/438654

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01-05-2007, 11:47 PM	#5 (permalink)
chrisalviola Platinum Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 866	are you using windowsXP? if not you must have drivers for that

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Dylan_ banned Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: A land down unda! Age: 14 Posts: 298	Sounds like drivers or the actual hard drive has malfunctioned. What excatly does it say on the screen when you plug it in?

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