Plz help seagate freeagent go 160gb incompatible with m3n78-em ?

hello guys,

MOTHERBOARD - ASUS M3N78EM (LATEST BIOS)
HDD - SEAGATE FREEAGENT GO 160GB
CABINET - ZEBRONICS KOREA

My SFG 160GB is neither working properly with my front USB port nor with my back panel port.

Thereafter it began to show the Format your drive (appears/dissapears rapidly) popup occassionaly. Now it shows the popup frequently.

Suspected the USB cable and tried getting a replacement cable and it also worked fine for about a couple of months, then again the same problem.

The same hdd works flawlessly in my other systems in the front/back ports with my old cable as well as my newly replaced cable.

So tell me guys. What could be the problem ?. If it doesnt work with the front port alone, i can conclude that the culprit is the cabby (and its internal usb wire).

But now it fails work properly with my back panel onboard usb port itself and that too only in my mobo.


FYI, yesterday i ran a full hdd scan (connected to front port). It was going fine and suddenly it came with a popup FORMAT your drive .

The popup appears/dissapears rapidly whenever the format window pops up.

Should i RMA my hdd ?. I have done tasks like firmware update for my NOKIA E71, used pendrives / bluetooth and all these work flawlessly in my front port and back port. So i cant blame the mobo also.

If i RMA this drive, will i get 250gb in return ?. Dont think m greedy, just asking....

Very confused help guys.

Plz help.

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This probably might have to do with your USB ports not able to supply enough power. Does your HDD come with two USB cables. Try connecting both. If it comes with a separate power connector, connect that too. If not, bad luck. Your MoBo isn’t able to supply enough power through USB.

The HDD works fine with the back panel ports. But not with the front panel ports even if i connect both cables. The HDD doesnt require any power other than from the usb ports.

Actually, a week back i was transferring files to my 4gb transcend MP3 player (which obviously draws power only from the usb port) and suddenly a FORMAT DRIVE popped up and then it vanished.

With other devices this issue arises very rarely, but very frequently with my portable HDD alone.

Now could there be any issue with the PSU (is it not supplying full power to the front usb ports ?) or is there a issue with the mobo front panel usb headers itself ?. Can there be a problem with the front panel usb connector of my cabby ?.

Since my brother's front usb ports worked fine with this cabby, i bought the same..