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Rainmain

Post subject: Canvio 4tb USB3 "Semaphore timeout error"

Posted: August 4th, 2015, 17:24

Joined: March 9th, 2015, 20:51
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Location: United States

I have a couple of Canvio 4TB USB3 drives I picked up on clearance at Staples.
When either one is connected to a USB3 port they will freeze (win 8.1) requiring AC reset, or in Windows 10 they give me a "Semaphore timeout error".
They seem to work fine on a USB2 port.

I've seen mention of this error before catastrophic failure on these drives.
However it seems to me like a firmware bug in the enclosures rather than a physical issue.
Anyone experience this?

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jermy

Post subject: Re: Canvio 4tb USB3 "Semaphore timeout error"

Posted: August 4th, 2015, 18:07

Joined: March 19th, 2015, 15:01
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Location: isreal

Rainmain wrote:

However it seems to me like a firmware bug in the enclosures rather than a physical issue.

connect it directly to the computer and you'll find out (unless there is no a SATA interface inside the enclosure)

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Rainmain

Post subject: Re: Canvio 4tb USB3 "Semaphore timeout error"

Posted: August 5th, 2015, 2:10

Joined: March 9th, 2015, 20:51
Posts: 6
Location: United States

Thanks for suggestion I found the problem, it was SMART error monitoring applet.
Disabled problem solved.

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