Kevin Standlee (kevin_standlee) wrote,
Kevin Standlee
kevin_standlee

Trips to the Toy Store

One thing I can do on my trips to the Bay Area is to make trips to Fry's Electronics. There's no equivalent in the Reno area. (People have said, "But Fry's has stores in Nevada!" I say, "Yes, in Las Vegas." The geographically illiterate, which appears to be about 90% of the people I meet, say, "So?" I reply, "That's like telling me in San Francisco that I can get what I want in Los Angeles." But since statistically, everyone in Nevada lives in Las Vegas, I guess this just doesn't penetrate.) Anyway, this trip I bought a 2 TB external USB3 drive so that I can do more backups more often. (The latest round of trouble with one of my computers having led to some data losses, but as far as I can tell nothing catastrophic.)

To my annoyance, the USB3 drive won't connect as a USB3 device. It connects okay on one of the USB2 ports, although the system warns me that it will work better on a USB3 port, so it can see that it's supposed to be USB3. But when I connect the drive to the USB3 port, it merely sits and clicks without actually spinning up and recognizing the drive. I don't know if this means the drive is defective or that my USB3 ports don't have enough power to run the drive. I'll try the former and exchange the drive for another one before I head home. I hope it's the drive and not my computer.
Tags: computers
Subscribe

  • Bonus Saturday at BayCon

    Thanks to getting the minivan back this morning, I was actually able to get down to BayCon today. However, because I also needed to get an oil…

  • Some Simplification, I Hope

    The rental car had to be back at 9 AM this morning or else I'd incur another $84 even if I dropped it tomorrow morning, because Enterprise Fremont is…

  • Life Getting Complicated

    My mechanic has fixed the problem whereby the van would die when the engine idle dropped below a certain point, but now there's not enough high-end…

  • Post a new comment

    Error

    switch
    default userpic

    Your reply will be screened

    Your IP address will be recorded 

    When you submit the form an invisible reCAPTCHA check will be performed.
    You must follow the Privacy Policy and Google Terms of use.
    Help
  • 12 comments

  • Bonus Saturday at BayCon

    Thanks to getting the minivan back this morning, I was actually able to get down to BayCon today. However, because I also needed to get an oil…

  • Some Simplification, I Hope

    The rental car had to be back at 9 AM this morning or else I'd incur another $84 even if I dropped it tomorrow morning, because Enterprise Fremont is…

  • Life Getting Complicated

    My mechanic has fixed the problem whereby the van would die when the engine idle dropped below a certain point, but now there's not enough high-end…