usb issues

[custard]

okay i bought one of these
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....MEWA:IT&viewitem=&item=230109274188&rd=1&rd=1

Features:


Quickly access SATA / IDE 3.5" (40-pin) / IDE 2.5" (44-pin) device by USB port
Support hard drive, CR-ROM, DVD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-RW
Support 52x CD-ROM
Compliant with SATA 1.0a Electrical Specifications
Compliant with USB2.0 Electrical Specifications
Compliant with Bulk-Only Transport Specifications
Compliant with USB Mass Storage Class
Support ATA/ATAI LBA 48bit addressing mode
Support SATA spread-spectrum transmitter
Support SATAI Asynchronous Notification (Hot Plug) feature
Support 480Mbps High Speed and 12Mbps Full Speed USB operation
Come with power supply adapter
Power input: 100~240VAC, 50/60Hz, 2A
Power output: 12V, 2A and 5V, 2A

System Requirements:


One available USB port

Microsoft® Windows® 98se/Me/2000/XP

64MB RAM (96MB recommended)

Package Contents:


1 x USB 2.0 to SATA / IDE Adapter Cable
1 x Driver CD
1 x Power Adapter (100~240VAC)
1 x Power Cord (UK 3 Pin Lead)
1 x SATA 50cm Data Cable
1 x SATA Power Adapter Cable
1 x English Menu

now under XP it states no driver required and its plug n play.obviously not for me

using my spare 3.5" IDE hard drives it did install but showed an error on install.
it then flashed up this device can perform faster connected ot a USB2 port.
however all my ports are USB2.
its a new nforce 4 mobo running on xp pro SP 2.

also tried a spare DVD drive which powered up but didnt show on my computer

ive tried it on a few USB ports as i thought it was my front ports but even directly to the motherboard its the same.
ports work for everything else.

hard drive powers up but doesnt show in my computer.
ive tried CS,master and slave jumper settings.
dunno what info you need or whether its just a faulty unit.
so if you need me to give any info ask away

edit: it just flashed up the usb2 message even though the drive isnt connected

 

[Liam]

Is this for accessing internal HDDs that are outside the pc?

Liam

 

[custard]

aye ,well any IDE drive so DVD's as well.
ive updated the mobo bios
uninstalled all the USB drivers

however the plot thickens and i see a fresh install looming
nowwhen i plug my ipod in it says the device could operate faster if plugged into a USB 2 port.but it is.
also something keeps tring to access my A drive??????

all this started when i tried plugging that bloody HD cablew thingamabob in .
windows doesnt install a driver for it and just shows it as an unknown device under device manager

 

[Liam]

Ah sounds like the pc is continually thinking something is installing, I had this with a printer for ages, annoying thing.

Erm the A drive would be related to the usb thing cos some usb stuff have a little cache which looks like a floppy drive when plugged in.

Go into device manager> windows key and break yadda yadda and sort out the exclamation marks then try again.

If you have system restore you could try that, I don't as it slows the pc down churning away in the background.

Liam

 

[custard]

i probably do have a restore point
no exclamations in device manager as windows just hasnt bothered with a driver as it doesnt know what it is bar its usb

 

[bulldog5046]

erm.... that wont really work, if it did the drive would appear as a removable drive.

you would need to edit the driver (which you dont have) to make ti appear as a fixed drive

 

[custard]

yes thats the idea.to have the HD's as removable drives

 

[bulldog5046]

i know you said you dont need the driver cd but have you tried manually installing it?

 

[custard]

wont run as there only for 98

 

[bulldog5046]

rubbish

give me RDP or VNC access to your machine and i dont mind seeing what i can do but no promises

 

[custard]

um na