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USB-case holding 4 harddisks suddenly dis-/reconnects every few minutes, after running 7/24 for 4 years. Did many tests. What can I test next?

I have this problem others also had already, but none of those solutions do work for me. Since a few days, my JBOD case holding 4 harddisks, connected to a PC via USB, disconnects and reconnects ...
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All USB devices go to sleep in idle mode on Windows 7

A strange thing happened after a few updates to the system: Intel rapid storage SSD firmware update Intel Ethernet adapter update GPU Intel update When the computer turns off the screen (after five ...
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USB device power management?

I'm having a problem with a USB-to-RS485 adapter on Windows XP. This laptop is running a data logging program, and the adapter is connected to a temperature chamber. After a couple of hours of ...
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How do you check how much power a USB port can deliver?

Some laptops have a special USB port that can deliver more power than the other ones. However it is not always easy to identify which one is the good one, nor how much power it can deliver. So is ...
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