Recent content by Keithj

I've just heard back from Verbatim that the drive (returned to them when all else failed) was faulty, and a new one is being sent to me. I will see what happens with the new one and report again.

A further update: I connected one of the internal SATA drives to the PCI card instead of direct to the motherboard, and that drive worked just fine. It appeared in the boot splash screen of the card, too. I think that proved that the card is OK. I then connected the eSATA external drive to...

UPDATE: Verbatim don't have a clue. Their answer was to "switch on the machine with it plugged in" despite the fact I've done that many times, always with the same result, and told them. Their next suggestion was to update the BIOS on the motherboard. Since the drive is connecting to a...

I would very much appreciate advice from anyone who can help. I have a similar problem. I have two SATA drives on the two motherboard connectors, and they work fine. I like the speed! I just bought a Verbatim 1Tb eSATA external drive, and a Pluscom 4 Port SATA PCI adapter - chipset VT6421A...

I had the same problem, a couple of weeks ago, with two USB external drives that had been absolutely fine for several years. Windows reported no problem when I eventually managed to persuade it to read them again, but backup failed part way and they again became "unreadable". Powering down and...