Computer won't detect External

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Gawd
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I have a little IOGEAR 40gb external HD that gets detected instantly on all computers but mine. It has detected maybe twice out of 50 times. I tried it on multiple USB ports, none of which worked, even though they worked for my IPOD, Keyboard etc.

I also reformatted the IOGEAR from FAT32 to be NTFS on a Windows machine at work, thinking this would help. It still doesn't get detected on my computer at home.

So I know it's not a bad HD, it's not bad USB ports, and I'm not sure if it's driver related or what.

In my device manager, I do see that there are some pending driver installations in yellow regarding SM USB BUS (I believe, I'll need to check when I get home). But since my Ipod loads fine and I can store files on there like a regular HD, shouldn't this external HD?

Is there anything else it can be besides a driver issue?
 
you might have to re-install the usb drivers. also check with evga that there are no usb driver issues for that board.

do you hear anything like a connection when you plug in your hdd? is there any power?
 
Yes, the HD spins up and kind of clicks very quietly, every 3 seconds, like it can't fully start... It's odd! But it's not the HD since it does work everywhere else. I'll check out evga drivers though, good idea.
 
Is there an external power supply you could try? If your computer isn't supplying enough power over the USB plug it might have similar symptoms.
 
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