![]() ![]() Cutting the tape reveals a unit of the Thermaltake BlacX for use with our review today. To be honest, I wasn't really expecting this product to be heading our way, which was a nice surprise when UPS dropped it off at my door. Our review unit of the Thermaltake BlacX arrived in a large, well constructed corrugated cardboard box from Thermaltake's offices in City of Industry, California via UPS Standard. Let's see how it gets its job done, and to what extent it has done well. And that's the Thermaltake BlacX, an HDD docking station. As far as I'm concerned, there's one product in the market that has gained immense popularity and tons of internet hype that allows you to quickly swap internal SATA hard drives without ripping anything apart to get the job done. For example, some users need it for testing hard drives, while others want to quickly pull some data off a drive without installing it in another computer. For an external interface, eSATA is nice and all for its performance, but to an extent that's really an extension of an internal storage medium to external hard drives - hot swap is necessary as what's that made USB so popular, but it doesn't really solve the problem of having a need to go through a bunch of internal SATA hard drives quickly. ![]() In case it doesn’t, we’re afraid your USB device has probably gone rogue.SATA may be an interface that supports hot swap, but in reality, how often is it truly taken advantage of and used for the purpose of hot swapping? More than often, it's no more than just an array of disks residing inside our computers that ends up rarely moved. In case it does, transfer all your important files onto a different device. If your USB device is still not showing up on the system, you might want to try it on any other device, and also check if it works on any other operating system. Try a different computer / operating system Plug back the USB device in and see if the computer is able to recognise it. If there are more than one USB Root Hub listed, you will need to perform the same with every entry. Click on the Power Management tab and uncheck the option that says “ Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power”. Once there, right click on USB Root Hub and click Properties. If the aforementioned methods still don’t make your device recognisable, you could try opening Device Manager, expanding USB Serial Bus controllers. Sometimes having multiple devices on the machine may create a conflict. If your newly inserted device isn’t getting read by the computer, try disconnecting other USB devices to see if anything helps. You might again need to reboot the machine, Alternatively, you might want to visit USB device’s manufacturer website to get a driver for it. In case there is, go to its Properties and update its driver. If it doesn’t, go to Control Panel > Printers and devices to see if there is any Unidentified USB device or Unknown device listed there. If the computer prompts you to install a driver, let it try. Sometimes your USB device, which is plug-and-play nature really need a set of codes, in this case known as a driver, to interact with your device. So plug out the device, reboot the computer and plug it back in to see if anything changes. RestartĪs Moss and Roy famously put it in The IT Crowd TV show, a simple restart can do wonders for you. Follow the below-mentioned methods to see if your computer gains senses and stars detecting your device. Thankfully it isn’t difficult to make your device detect your USB device. This issue has existed on Windows since the days of Windows 98, and sadly, Windows 10 also seems to have inherited the quirk. There may come a time when your Windows 10-powered machine will just not recognise a USB device. ![]()
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