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I have a problem that is driving me crazy. I am running
USB 2.0 with XP SP2. When I copy over music files from
my internal hard disk to my external USB hard disk
(Maxtor 250g) I see blinding speed as it copies over many
files, but once it gets to around 25 megs, it just
hangs. It is still copying but VERY slowly.

I have tried most/all suggested fixes but have run out of
ideas. It is on an HP Pavilion 700 with an AMD 1.8 gig
chip.

Any ideas?

Thanks for the help.

Chris

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Assuming you have a HP Pavilion 700 (not a 7XX series, but the actual
700), your motherboard is going to be an ASUS A7M266-M. This means you
should be able to get the BIOS updates through ASUS as well as all of
the appropriate drivers. It appears that the southbridge on your
computer (which is what controlls the USB) is going to be the VIA
VT82C686B Chip. Here are the latest drivers for your chipset that you
should install and see if that helps. If not, try the BIOS update.
Some issues may arise if you try to update the BIOS to the BIOS
available from ASUS, so I would suggest sticking with the BIOS provided
by HP (which probably is just modified to remove overclocking options
and other options and to add their logo, etc). That is available here:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc [...] =pv-7543-1

If you have a different model number, say 734, just check HP's website

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Nathan McNulty


Chris wrote:
> I have a problem that is driving me crazy. I am running
> USB 2.0 with XP SP2. When I copy over music files from
> my internal hard disk to my external USB hard disk
> (Maxtor 250g) I see blinding speed as it copies over many
> files, but once it gets to around 25 megs, it just
> hangs. It is still copying but VERY slowly.
>
> I have tried most/all suggested fixes but have run out of
> ideas. It is on an HP Pavilion 700 with an AMD 1.8 gig
> chip.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Chris

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What an idiot. I forgot the link to the chipset drivers

http://downloads.viaarena.com/driv [...] _v453v.zip

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Nathan McNulty


Nathan McNulty wrote:
> Assuming you have a HP Pavilion 700 (not a 7XX series, but the actual
> 700), your motherboard is going to be an ASUS A7M266-M. This means you
> should be able to get the BIOS updates through ASUS as well as all of
> the appropriate drivers. It appears that the southbridge on your
> computer (which is what controlls the USB) is going to be the VIA
> VT82C686B Chip. Here are the latest drivers for your chipset that you
> should install and see if that helps. If not, try the BIOS update. Some
> issues may arise if you try to update the BIOS to the BIOS available
> from ASUS, so I would suggest sticking with the BIOS provided by HP
> (which probably is just modified to remove overclocking options and
> other options and to add their logo, etc). That is available here:
> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc [...] =pv-7543-1
>
>
> If you have a different model number, say 734, just check HP's website
>
> ----
> Nathan McNulty
>
>
> Chris wrote:
>
>> I have a problem that is driving me crazy. I am running USB 2.0 with
>> XP SP2. When I copy over music files from my internal hard disk to my
>> external USB hard disk (Maxtor 250g) I see blinding speed as it copies
>> over many files, but once it gets to around 25 megs, it just hangs.
>> It is still copying but VERY slowly.
>>
>> I have tried most/all suggested fixes but have run out of ideas. It
>> is on an HP Pavilion 700 with an AMD 1.8 gig chip.
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks for the help.
>>
>> Chris

Hey,

I am facing the exact same problem. I have a HP nx6125 laptop and a seagate laptop hard disk which I am running using a USB caddy.

I have read stuff over the internet and found that the problem may be power output of USB (500mA) which might not be enough for the drive (800mA). Is there a system or caddy available which can provide external power to the disk?

Also, the caddy has a Y-cable which can draw power from 2 USB ports simultaneouly but still the problem persists.
I am not able to find a successful solution.

Also tell me if updating the drives worked.

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MSS

You're not going to get an answer from the previous posters... thread is 4 years old. You can buy external adapters that have an AC adapter for extra power. I'm not sure what models specifically; but I do know they exist.