Instant crash! External DVD drive.

qqg3 · 5 Jul 2010 at 19:06

Trying to use a USB HP external dvd drive with my Asus UL30 but the laptop crashes, restarts, as soon as I plug it in. Happens on battery and mains power.

Help please.

neoboy · 5 Jul 2010 at 19:10

You have tried different USB ports on the lappy? What's your OS?

olivier renault · 5 Jul 2010 at 19:32

What's your dive? I have a Samsung and it works.

qqg3 · 5 Jul 2010 at 21:05

Tried all 3 ports. Win 7. HP DVD drive, don't know anything else.

Reluctantly gonna have to reinstall the OS I think, will take several days to do because I have an incredible amount of data to backup. Stupid problem I wouldn't ******* have if I'd stuck with XP.

olivier renault · 5 Jul 2010 at 23:18

you tried the drive in another machine? I'd do that first

olivier renault · 6 Jul 2010 at 13:36

Could also be there there isn't enough power through the USB connector. My samsung has two usb connectors for extra power.

I'd look on the internets for problems related to your particular drive.