Most bizarre problem i've ever seen

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Limp Gawd
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I bought the following enclosure from Newegg:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153066&Tpk=Thermaltake%20BlacX

The enclosure doesn't work - windows won't recognize it on any of my machines. So here's the extremely bizarre part.

If i turn on this enclosure with a hard drive into my laptop my DESKTOP PC locks up! I had to look at the USB cable about five times to make sure i wasn't crazy. I've repeated this lockup about 10 times to prove to myself it isn't just a bizarre coincidence. This lockup occurs even when my laptop Wifi is disabled so it isn't a network related incident. The desktop PC is plugged into a different outlet which has a UPS plugged in. This is the most bizarre case of unknown interference i've ever seen.
 
lol, what are u smoking? and why aren't you sharing



BTW I use those at home and at work and they work awesome
 
might be an improperly grounded plug, I'd get a $5 tester at home depot.
 
I've had the same thing exactly happen with faulty USB hard drive enclosures and faulty drives in external USB closures.
 
Well, it looks like the USB enclosure wall wart does not have a ground pin on the plug. Do you have a power strip that has surge and noise suppression on it? It may be some kind of high frequency interference feeding back through ac cord.

Pretty weird though. You just earned a cool "War Story." ;)

Don
 
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