USB - external HDD problem

[vinifera]

the HDD in question is Transcend StoreJet 500 GB (USB 2.0/3.0)

on win 7 (sp1) when plugged in to USB 2 slot, works at once, OS detects it via generic driver and all is fine

 

but same HDD on again USB slot 2, but on win XP SP3, **** thing won't even get detected

the device starts to do "beep, beep, beep, beep", nothing gets loaded/detected by OS, no response

 

any idea why ?

 

I tried to find some drivers for XP online but no success 

Edited August 13, 2014 by vinifera

[Tripredacus]

These drivers you tried to find, were they for your USB controller?

[vinifera]

dunno, I just typed in device name and "XP driver" into google 

 

there is one "flash" program (for HDD) on the transcend site, but it says it DOES NOT work on USB 2 machines

and also HDD contains sensitive valuable data and I don't want to do flashing of anything

 

just something that will make XP reckognize it

Edited August 13, 2014 by vinifera

[Tripredacus]

What motherboard is it?

[vinifera]

by everest:

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Motherboard ID 11/21/2003-nVidia-nForce-6A61BA1BC-20
Motherboard Name Abit NF7(-S) v2.0

Front Side Bus Properties

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Bus Type DEC Alpha EV6
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 133 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 267 MHz
Bandwidth 2133 MB/s

Memory Bus Properties

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Bus Type DDR SDRAM
Bus Width 64-bit
DRAM:FSB Ratio 1:1
Real Clock 133 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 267 MHz
Bandwidth 2133 MB/s

Chipset Bus Properties

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Bus Type HyperTransport v1.0
Bus Width 8-bit

Motherboard Physical Info

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CPU Sockets/Slots 1 Socket 462
Expansion Slots 5 PCI, 1 AGP
RAM Slots 3 DDR DIMM
Integrated Devices Audio, LAN
Form Factor ATX
Motherboard Size 240 mm x 300 mm
Motherboard Chipset nForce2-U400
Extra Features SoftMenu
 

[Tripredacus]

Preface: After connecting the drive to the PC, reboot and go in the BIOS. See if the drive is detected there.

 

Regarding Windows XP:

 

You can try updating the USB controller drivers, although it looks like Abit's newest is only in the nForce chipset package and it is from 2004. There may be newer drivers available on driverpacks. Also I note this board has 2 onboard ports and 4 from 2 header blocks. Have you tried all ports?

 

http://abit.ws/page/en/motherboard/motherboard_detail.php@pMODEL_NAME=NF7-S2&fMTYPE=Socket%20A&pPRODINFO=Driver