Hanging on POST if drobo is plugged by USB

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Hi,

I just switched from FireWire to USB (because after exiting the screensaver, the drobo doesn’t open again.)… but it’s now worst.

When I rebooted the computer, the POST hang on USB, saying something like:

Detecting USB device…
Device #00x: USB Mass Storage …

And it hang there for hours.
I must unplug the USB cable, boot the computer, then replug the drobo USB cable.

2

In your BIOS boot settings, disable “Boot Other Devices” and in the Boot Order/Hard Disks section, make sure your local system drive is listed first.

3

But the Drobo should not be a bootable device.
I only have files, no OS installed.

4

Just because it’s not actually bootable, doesn’t mean the system won’t try to boot from it, which can sometimes cause hangs (on my desktop, it hangs if I try to boot from one of my add-in cards).

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You can also try changing the “legacy USB” setting. I know I had similar problems (hanged at windows startup screen), and changing the “legacy USB” setting in BIOS fixed my problem.