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Western digital passport i/o device error




By drsprinkles on Oct 14, 2009

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i have a western digital passport and am suddenly getting an i/o device error message. what can i do to fix this?

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posted on Oct 15, 2009
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rumseycw

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90% of the time this is a power problem. The USB port on the computer can not supply enough watts. Use an external USB hub that has a 5V power supply.
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