Large file transfer stops working when using USB hard drive and Windows 7 64 bit, Intel chipset

Anonymous
2010-02-04T16:15:04+00:00

I have an Acer Aspire 8735G running Windows 7 home premium 64 bit. I have a clean install and all the latest BIOS and drivers from the manufacturer. It also in NOT running Nvidia chip for the USB enhanced controller. It is an Intel controller. When I use any USB hard drive, the transfer starts then stops responding part way through. It seems to stop at various points in the transfer. I have to reboot to get the USB port to start working again. This happens with large files and folders with a large amount of files within. Can anyone help ?

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-04-01T07:04:10+00:00

    Hello again, is there a fix for this issue yet? The bios option i mentioned above somehow helps in my case but does not totally fix the situation. Large file transfers over usb still cause random freezes.. Smaller files transfer just fine..

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-03-29T02:11:54+00:00

    Tom,

    Thanks for replying. You suggested these back in Feb and I tried them. Unfortunately they made no difference. Like I said earlier, if I disable the enhanced USB2 Host controller in device manager I can copy. But it is at a very slow speed 1.1 speeds.

    I can copy to the USB drive. The problem occurs when trying to copy a large file from the USB drive to the computer. Makes me believe that it is a combination of Windows 7 64bit and the PM45 chipset driver. I too, am out of idea. s

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-03-28T23:50:01+00:00

    This installer and file package might be of interest. It would appear to cover Windows 7 64 bit. The written file description gives no indication of it but the contents appear to be written to include appropriate installation and support files for your chipset. But what do I know? I'm bankrupt of ideas, flat and forlorn. :-))

    http://www.acer.ca/acer/service.do?LanguageISOCtxParam=en&miu10einu24.current.attN2B2F2EEF=3751&sp=page15e&ctx2.c2att1=27&miu10ekcond13.attN2B2F2EEF=3751&CountryISOCtxParam=CA&ctx1.att21k=1&CRC=719687231

    Tom

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-03-28T22:27:35+00:00

    So that's it.  No more ideas from anyone.  I hope Microsoft or Intel comes out with some kind of update. Not being able to copy large files from a USB drive is a real pain in the butt. Searching the internet shows this to be a fairly common problem, USB and Windows 7,

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  5. Anonymous
    2010-03-25T23:24:51+00:00

    Unfortunately that won't help me. I 'm using a laptop and the BIOS doesn't have very many options.

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