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bergy
PostPosted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:25 pm Reply with quote

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Well, you guys - you have helped me before. Some time ago I got me a new HP Media Center PC. Everything worked fine, including the HP Personal Media Drive (320 gb). Last week I put a new sound card in the pc, and ever since Windows hasn't been able to find the Media drive, when it's docked in the cabinet. When I connect it using usb, windows recognize it at once. When I have the drive docked, the lights light up as they should - but no drive is visible.

I'm running Vista Home Premium and Windows XP Pro (dual boot) - same problem in XP. I have tried to open the pc once again to check, if any wires gone loose as I installed the sound card, but everything seems connected. Maybe I should remove the sound card (Sound Blaster Xfi Music) and see, if the media drive pops up again - or what do you think?

I've tried to push the media drive as much as I could inside the docking station, but the result remains the same. Any solutions? I would be most gratefull, once again... Bergy
 
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Check in Disk Management (right click Computer>Manage) to see if it shows up. If it does but without a drive letter allocated, then allocate a drive letter by right clicking the drive symbol but take care not to select format if there is data on the drive you want to keep.
 
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bergy
PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 4:16 am Reply with quote

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I've tried that as well. It doesn't show up in computer > manage, when it's docked in bay. With usb it shows up with drive letter L. I guess it's a hard ware problem. I think next step will be to see if it shows up again, if I remove the sound card. But I have to have this sound card installed for music production. Maybe I just have to accept wirering the hard disc. Thanks for trying. Bergy
 
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bergy
PostPosted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:06 pm Reply with quote

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Well, just to end this thread. Yesterday I opened the computer once again to look into the matter, and what did I find? A loose wire. Quess I didn't get it all wired up anyway, when I installed the sound card. Now the personal media drive shows, as it should. Sorry, that I bothered you with this. Bergy
 
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:55 pm Reply with quote

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bergy wrote:
Well, just to end this thread. Yesterday I opened the computer once again to look into the matter, and what did I find? A loose wire. Quess I didn't get it all wired up anyway, when I installed the sound card. Now the personal media drive shows, as it should. Sorry, that I bothered you with this. Bergy


Glad you got it working thumbsup
 
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