Re: [usb-storage] Re: usb3 fails to write when using usb3 hub in usb3 port

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> Adrian,
>
> I think that the suggestion about checking the power supply, the cabling,
> the grounding screws, and anything of like nature that has been omitted
> from this list is a very good idea. If successful it would eliminate
> the problem for you, as well as resolving the mystery. Unresolved
> mysteries are unpleasant for the user, and at least equally unpleasant
> for a developer.
>
> I have seen hardware do really weird things, myself. As a trivial example,
> once a local computer shop gave me a motherboard which had been returned
> because of booting problems. I was told that it had been brought in twice
> by the customer. No problem had been detected in the shop; they had
> replaced it to make a customer happy. I brought the board home. It was a
> hot summer day. I put it on the floor, hooked up a spare power supply, and
> it booted. No problem. I left it sitting there overnight. The next
> morning, I tried it again. Dead. But in the evening it came to life again.
> Guessing, I looked at the solder joints under the power connector on the
> board. One of them looked suspicious. So I fired up the soldering iron and
> put a dab of fresh solder on it. After that, the board was in use for
> years and never had the booting problem again. The reason that the problem
> was not detected was that it was the middle of the summer in Alabama, and
> when the computer was brought to the shop it was put in a car for the
> trip. The board got warm enough for the solder in that joint to expand
> enough for startup, while en route to the shop.
>
> Thus, I definitely do encourage you to check for hardware or cabling
> problems before deciding to buy additional equipment as a workaround.
>
>
> Good luck,
>
> Theodore Kilgore
>
>
> On Thu, 27 Sep 2012, Adrian Sandu wrote:
>
>> > They're the same chipset.  There's minor differences in the PCI
>> > capabilities, but not much else.  It could be something electrically
>> > wrong with the AsRock system, I suppose.  That's possible if you see
>> > the errors popping up erratically.
>> >
>> > Any chance you can exchange the AsRock system?
>>
>> Nope... I have it for more than 1 year and I kinda' need it even if
>> the usb3 won't work... at least I can use the 2 ports to dirrectly
>> connect 2 drives...nothing else is wrong and I wouldn't of known if I
>> wouldn't of got these hubs...
>>
>> My only solution if no more debugging can be done is to get a nas a
>> put the drives in it...
>>
>> Maybe it's the drives fault somehow ? maybe we should mail wd ?
>> manhattan's fault ? via ? :) There must be someone/someway/somehow
>> that can analyze it in someway and say what is wrong ..
>>
>> Still weird..I'll try on another laptop tomorrow or so ( a dell
>> inspiron with an usb3 port .. dunno what usb3 root chipset it has )

The only thing I can do is buy other usb3 cables :| It's weird to
think that 5 drives ( 2 bought last week or so from 2 different stores
( 1 wd and 1 seagate ), the other 3 are 2 WDs and 1 verbatim bought
from different shops each (I am a "backup nazzi") ) are all having
problems !
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