26SidedCube Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 Computer troubles. Specs: Hewlett-Packard Pavillion PC, GenuineIntel Pentium III with 128mb RAM Problem: Recently purchased a Cypress 80gig External Harddrive from pcktekonline to find out your computer has to be USB 2.0 Compatible. So I ordered an off-brand USB 2.0 2-slot Cardbus and recieved it today. The cardbus installs fine and the computer recognizes it, problem is as soon as I plug the USB cable from the external HD into the bus the computer freezes. If I even plug the AC adapter into the bus, the computer freezes. If I turn off the computer and plug anything in.. Mystikal starts playing in my head and babies cry. Same shit. So what's the deal? Should I send back this no-name shit and try to order name-brand? Is there a simple solution? Am I exceeding bandwidth? The fuck is going on? Can anyone help or know of a forum where I can ask and not have to wait 4 months to find one reply? Anything's appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villain Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 Hmm.... I dun no.... Compatibilty problems? you could try slashdot i guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26SidedCube Posted March 12, 2004 Author Share Posted March 12, 2004 Nice. I'll let this run for a while and see if the house can supply any answers then I'll check out this "slashdot" you speak of. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 i may be getting a new hard drive soon, so this should be fun. is the usb thing SUPPOSED to be a usb 1.1-2.0 adapter ? one thing that could possibly work is a BIOS upgrade, maybe then your computer will be 2.0 compatible. here's a couple ideas: 1. i believe there's a usb-serial port adapter you can buy. 2. you could take the actual hard drive out of the plastic thing and install it inside your computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 also,you could try contacting hp, pcktekonline, cypress, or the company that made the usb thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26SidedCube Posted March 12, 2004 Author Share Posted March 12, 2004 Re: i may be getting a new hard drive soon, so this should be fun. Originally posted by ARCEL is the usb thing SUPPOSED to be a usb 1.1-2.0 adapter ? one thing that could possibly work is a BIOS upgrade, maybe then your computer will be 2.0 compatible. here's a couple ideas: 1. i believe there's a usb-serial port adapter you can buy. 2. you could take the actual hard drive out of the plastic thing and install it inside your computer. If by 'the usb thing' you mean the cardbus itself, then yes. It plugs into the PCMCIA slot and then you plug the external hard drive into that. I'll try updating the BIOS tomorrow, that's a good idea. This is my dad's older laptop that he hasn't used in close to a year... so it may be a little out of date. I'll look into the serial port adapted too.. if I can't get this to work I'll try to send back the card and order one of those. And I'm on a laptop.. so I don't think I can actually install the drive itself. Once again, gracias. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26SidedCube Posted March 12, 2004 Author Share Posted March 12, 2004 Originally posted by ARCEL also,you could try contacting hp, pcktekonline, cypress, or the company that made the usb thing Yeah, I was going to try that tomorrow also if this place wasn't any help... seeing as though it's almost 1 in the morning I didn't think they'd be open. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 do you have the hp instant support program on your computer ? start>help and support, and i think it's in there somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26SidedCube Posted March 12, 2004 Author Share Posted March 12, 2004 Uhm.. I think my dumbass deleted it while trying to make space on this hard drive... if that isn't the end-all self-forehead slap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfreshsushi Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 my computer is gray. that's all i got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GucciCondom Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 Why must the pelicans corrode my treebark beanie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nekro Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 The problem is that your computer needs more RAM. 128mb is simply not enough memory to be running USB2.0 devices, especially hard drives. What you should do is go spend the $20-50 and get at least 256 more mb of ram, install it, and then use your new HD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adderall Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 heres where the problem lies: Specs: Hewlett-Packard Pavillion PC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 did you fix it ? if so, how ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLAYTONCROWN Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 fuck HP I have the same computer and its never done anything but give me problems. On so many occasions have i wanted to just teach it a lesson or two right out the window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Priest Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 http://www.skippyscage.com/atdi/images/atdi06.jpg'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26SidedCube Posted March 24, 2004 Author Share Posted March 24, 2004 Originally posted by ARCEL did you fix it ? if so, how ? Actually, I haven't fixed it yet. I didn't even realize this thread was still getting replies, I'm going to try to update the BIOS, but if Nekro's right I'm going to have to get more RAM... so that means in another 2 weeks I'll know if that corrects the problem if not the old HP might end up at Ye Olde Pawn Shoppe. Why, are you having similar problems? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 just curious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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