Recent content by Hal900x

Thanks for the replies. I have tried removing each USB device from the chain and that didn't resolve it. The power supply is on the older side, Corsair AX850. More than enough for my system I should think: a single GPU is the only card on the Z77 board, plus single SSD and a 3-drive SATA raid...

Hey all, For months I had the "power surge on USB hub" error under Windows 7. With or without the error message, I would get intermittent USB device failures. I tried the following: - Unplugging and reconnecting affected device(s) - Connecting majority of my devices to powered USB hub -...

Hi. To answer your question about SATA performance: Silicon Image 3112 is currently the fastest performing SATA controller. However, many SATA controller solutions incorporate a "bridge chip". All pci solutions use a SATA-PCI bridge. Large performance drop. Many integrated solutions (the ones...