External USB3.0 HDD not working on Intel H87 (C2)

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On 20.09.2013 16:44, Tom Horsley wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Sep 2013 10:35:46 -0400
> Tom Horsley wrote:
> 
>> B. Boot off a live CD some utterly different linux version
>>    (knoppix is always good) and see if it can see it. If it
>>    can, there whatever is going on is strictly a software
> 
> I was gonna say "software issue" but must have accidentally
> hit some key that meant "send" :-).
> 
> Anyway, "C" may be more important:
> 
> C. Check the manufacturers web site for your USB drive
> to see if they have a firmware update for the drive itself.
> 
> I had two different USB drives and one worked and one
> didn't on my new motherboard till I found someone mentioning
> a drive firmware update and found it fixed my problem.
> 

True, FW upgrade for drive/controller/adapter as well.


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