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Author Topic: ibm t30 can't see external drives  (Read 1084 times)

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Offline goonerob

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ibm t30 can't see external drives
« on: February 22, 2008, 11:47:41 AM »
Hi new to here so be gentle :D  just bought a T30 on ebay and I am liking it a lot running service pack 2 xp pro  . 512k ram
Strange problem though When I plug in usb drives  my computer will not see them even though safely remove hardware and easy eject both do any suggestions how to go about fixing this ?
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Offline Jiggy

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Re: ibm t30 can't see external drives
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2008, 08:28:25 PM »

Welcome to the forum goonerob.

If you plug a USB into any port it`s not seen at all ?

IBM troubleshooting T30.

1. Check Device Manager for any "yellow !" next to the USB.
If you have ! next to the USB you may need to find and install the USB mother board driver.

2. Look in the BIOS and make sure the USB ports are enabled.
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Offline KtheC

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Re: ibm t30 can't see external drives
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2008, 04:49:54 AM »
I  have seen in the past that when a power supply starts to go the USB ports are the
first things that stop working properly.
Also I have found that if logical disk manager is not set to manual or automatic
you will not find new devices like jump drives.
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Offline Jiggy

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Re: ibm t30 can't see external drives
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2008, 11:09:13 AM »
Is this a Hard drive and is it formated or a flash memory stick ?
Does this USB device work in another pc ?

EDIT,

A few links to try.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310575
How to troubleshoot a USB hard drive.
« Last Edit: February 23, 2008, 11:15:35 AM by Jiggy »
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Offline goonerob

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Re: ibm t30 can't see external drives
« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2008, 09:14:59 AM »
thought I should let you all know so you can have a good laugh got the whole thing working properly and  had the laptop stolen the next day:)
Rob
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