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scameron
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Cypress AT2LP RC42 driver??

I recently (Sunday) purchased a 160 WD hard drive, and a Vantec NexStar 3 NST-360BK enclosure for it. It was working fine yesterday on my computer at school (nobody else uses the computer), my desktop at home and my laptop.

When i plugged it in to my computer at school this morning, instead of coming up as it should, it asked me for drivers for a "Cypress AT2LP RC42". I've tried it on multiple computers, but I keep getting the same result.

Any ideas?

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Make sure that the drive is jumpered as cable select.

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scameron
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I did that, but I'm still getting the problem.

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If it's jumpered properly and the connections are tight (check them again), it has to be one of two things:

1. The enclosure has failed.

2. The drive has failed.

I hope it's the former. Drives are expensive.

Test the WD drive in a normal PC and see if it checks out. If it does, return the drive to Vantec for a replacement.

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scameron
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Well, the drive checked out ok.

Hopefully it is just the enclosure. My friend [I]should[/I] still have the reciept.

Thanks for the help.

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elistoughton
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I'm having the same problem. Sabrent enclosure and seagate drive. It was working fine two days ago and now I get the same Cypress message. I haven't pulled the drive yet, but I guess it is safe to say its the enclosure.

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NatWeiner
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I also just got this problem. External Acomdata 2195 USB enclosure with a NEC DVD burner inside. Worked fine for two weeks, then suddenly starts asking for this Cypress AT2LP RC32 driver. I tried it out on my friend's laptop and same problem. Someone in another forum suggested it might have to do with a Windows security update but I tried restoring to a month ago and that didnt do anything.

Is this Cypress AT2LP thing maybe Windows XP's way of dealing with any USB drive enclosure failure?

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[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by NatWeiner [/i]
[B]Is this Cypress AT2LP thing maybe Windows XP's way of dealing with any USB drive enclosure failure? [/B][/QUOTE] I would say so. It could be a power supply failure too.

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NatWeiner
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How would I go about determining if there is a problem with the power supply / addressing it?

Thanks,

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There's no easy/cheap way. You would have to buy a replacement at Radio Shack. You can return it if it doesn't help. Bring yours with you when you go.

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NatWeiner
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Sorry if this is an idiot question, but just to be clear, we're talking about the power adaptor here right?

You're suggesting that the problem could be that the enclosure is getting too much / not enough power?

I don't understand how that would affect how Windows XP interprets the drive via USB.

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Yes I meant the adapter.

Look - I'd rather not write a book on this. I'm trying to find you an easy way out. Maybe I should just say that the enclosure is defective and that you should replace it?

When you prepare a dish in the kitchen and you are missing an ingredient, what do you end up with? I can tell you one thing - it's not what you wanted. The power is an ingredient here. If it's missing or "off", your dish is not going to taste very good.

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mattheyj
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Right guys, I had exactly the same prob as described above with an IcyBox enclosure, was given this document with steps to install it on XP and it works a treat !!

Try to see whether that fixes your prob:

[i]1. Switch on your computer and connect the external drive.
2. Go into Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Computer Management.
3. Select Disk Management in the left hand window.
4. In the right hand lower window your drive should show but with a no entry style icon next to it. You need to right click on the drive and select Initialise.
5. After the drive has initialised the no entry icon will disappear. You now need to format the drive and assign it a drive letter. To do this, right click on the white area next to the drive and select Partition.
6. The following window will allow you to format the hard drive to your choosing. Make sure you select a drive letter that is not already in use and once completed you should now be able to access the drive by opening My Computer from the main desktop.
[/i]

Included Doc includes the above steps + screenshot.

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da_ve4
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Freecom 250gb

Freecom 250gb. I've had this drive for about 3 months and it worked fine, now it trys to install the drive as a Cypress AT2LP RC42, whatever that is. under device manager i have errors on the Cypress AT2LP RC42? and USB Device, and before i restarted the pc last night(recovery) it had a error with the USB Composite device. Under storage volume shadow copies Cypress AT2LP RC42 is listed with the yellow '?'. I unsure whether it is a usb problem with the pc or the external hardrive is broken? can you tell me if there is a place you can find Cypress AT2LP RC42 drivers or is that bull...

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You won't find drivers for your problem. Test the drive on another PC. If it does the same, return it as defective.

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Yeah, it doesn't work at college so it's going back, it's gutting how you can't access all the photos etc stored on to it. kinda eliminates the point of external storage if it breaks....

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Yah - that's why *everything* needs regular backup.

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scontron
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Simply buy a new enclosure and snap the old drive into it. Plug and play. I'm sure you'd rather not format a drive with a lot of your stuff on it.

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Southern Crane
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Same problem here.. The warranty on my external HD has surely expired by now, so simply exchanging it (for free) is out of the question. Besides, I want to save the data.

Whether it's a cheaper option or not, assuming it's a problem with the power supply, do you think it's possible to simply replace just the adapter?

Thanks in advance..

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MaKu70
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I found this:
http://daltrey.org/linux/cypress.html
and if you're lucky, it'll work.
(it didn't for my external Trekstor 300GB drive... but I read of a lot of other people where it worked just fine.)

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I downloaded the exe from [url]http://daltrey.org/linux/cypress.html[/url] and it did work on mine. What I did have trouble with is getting the driver to install during "Found new Hardware Wizard". I kept getting "The driver does not contain the information for your device; so here are the steps I took:

From device manager right click on the Cypress object and select Properties
Select Driver tab, then Update Driver
This will initiate the Hardware Update Wizard, select 'no, not this time' and choose Next
Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) and Next
Choose "Don't search. I will choose the driver to install" and Next
Select the top option: Show devices from all Manufacturers and Next
Select Have disk and point to the location of the extracted files then into the driver folder
It immediately installed the driver and Primer.exe updated the drive.

I was also able to view the original data on the drive
Hope this helps

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it worked for me

i had acomdata HD USB.. and after almost a year of using it... the same happened to me! I was like... whats now! BUT finally i found this site:
[url]http://daltrey.org/linux/cypress.html[/url]
*yeah just go and download that file dbflash.exe
*extract it somewhere on your local disk.
*go to device manager and find that darn cypress AT2LP
*reinstall driver (you don't want to have it search for a driver, you want to manually tell it where to find the driver. And when the option arrives, you "have disk". Then, browse to the location where you extracted that rar file, which is something like c:\temp\dbflash\PH-1003 EE SW or c:\PH-1003 EE SW)
*now when you have installed that disconnect your HD from you computer.
*run primer.exe from c:\PH-1003 EE SW) or wherever it is.
*connect your HD to the computer now.
*in couple of seconds you have to see green message "successful"
*disconnect your HD from power source and USB keep it for a few second and connect everything back again!
*I HOPE IT"S WORKING NOW!!??

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Re: it worked for me

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by mindowzzz [/i]
[B]i had acomdata HD USB.. and after almost a year of using it... the same happened to me! I was like... whats now! BUT finally i found this site:
[url]http://daltrey.org/linux/cypress.html[/url]
*yeah just go and download that file dbflash.exe
*extract it somewhere on your local disk.
*go to device manager and find that darn cypress AT2LP
*reinstall driver (you don't want to have it search for a driver, you want to manually tell it where to find the driver. And when the option arrives, you "have disk". Then, browse to the location where you extracted that rar file, which is something like c:\temp\dbflash\PH-1003 EE SW or c:\PH-1003 EE SW)
*now when you have installed that disconnect your HD from you computer.
*run primer.exe from c:\PH-1003 EE SW) or wherever it is.
*connect your HD to the computer now.
*in couple of seconds you have to see green message "successful"
*disconnect your HD from power source and USB keep it for a few second and connect everything back again!
*I HOPE IT"S WORKING NOW!!?? [/B][/QUOTE]

It worked!! Following your instruction i got all my data back! Now I will transalte this solution on some italian forums (I am from rome). Thank you guys!

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firewireboy
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Thank the lord daltrey

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

It works! For now...

Me thinks me may make back-up's from now on...

Thanks again to all who contributed in providing these solutions, particularly daltrey.org. You rule.

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[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by MaKu70 [/i]
[B]I found this:
[url]http://daltrey.org/linux/cypress.html[/url]
and if you're lucky, it'll work.
(it didn't for my external Trekstor 300GB drive... but I read of a lot of other people where it worked just fine.) [/B][/QUOTE]

I just tried like described in the website above and worked out OK! FYI: The USB-HD Apapter was "HI-SPEED" (35 bucks worth) with a Toshiba 20GBdrive attached to it. The assembly worked fine for a month or so until it failed like everybody else described it. I had lots of info and I didn't loose a bit in the process.

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jkb
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cypress AT2LP RC42

Tried all this...navigate to the driver. Point to it and I get a message saying the "folder does not include information about your hardware".

Great! At a complete loss now. I had the problem with the rar file saving to my hard disk as a html even though I have the rar software.

Is this Windows update causing me all these flipping problems?

J

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joeler
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ive had the same problem but i fixed the cypress at2lp rc42 problem.u need the cypress configuration utilitie,config files,and the cypress at2lp rc42 driver.i have a freecom classic sl 160gb usb 2.0 harddrive and it now works again.email me at [email]joel.watts@vodafone.net[/email] and i will try to send the relavent files to
help people solve there problem!as i said it worked on my external drive.it might not work on all usb harddrives.but i didnt want to loose all of my data.i might release the files as a torrent then they can be accessed by everyone.it took me two solid weeks of searching to fix the problem.hope this helps!

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quickdm
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Worked for me!

The DBFlash.exe thing worked great for me! >I'm taking a back-up as we speak!

Thanks for explaining clearly guys!
Figured out that the ICY-BOX enclosure is indeed of rather poor quality. I opened the box and touched a little bit the wires and connectors. How bizar this may seem, it set the drive in motion after which I acted promptly...
So I wouldn't format the disk just like that!
I'm going to buy a new enclosure, that's sure!
Greetz,
Quickdm

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CJD-D01071
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I have a similar problem:

Maxtor Diamondmax 10 200gigabyte drive in a
Maddog USB external enclosure

SOMETIMES it works,
SOMETIMES it doesn't
SOMETIMES it's a Cypress AT2LP
SOMETIMES it's a USB Mass storage device
SOMETIMES I can write files to it
SOMETIMES any program invovled with it locks up until I unplug/turn off the drive (I left it for 24 hours once so it's not a matter of impatience)
SOMETIMES I get a Device Cannot Start error
SOMETIMES I get a Driver not found error
SOMETIMES Windows Disk Manager recognises it, its capacity, and its letter, but not any files or it's name (E: External)
SOMETIMES Windows Disk Manager recognises it only when I unplug it (For a split second)
SOMETIMES I get Delayed Write Failed errors
SOMETIMES my internal CD drive does this too
SOMETIMES my flash drives do this too
SOMETIMES I feel like throwing my computer out the window because this keeps happening.

Also it seems that the conditions are deteriorating. It is working less and less frequently and many attempts at copying files off of it end in massive computer freeze, so I'd really like to get this fixed.

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ok wait I see my problem...

I opened up my external enclosure and found 4 frayed wires. It's quite a poorly designed case.

FRAYED:
Yellow wire to drive
Power light wire
2 wires in the ribbon wire leading to the drive

There's also a bent capacitor, and part of the sticker on the drive is ripped clean off.

So either there are tiny evil gnomes in my room and I need a flamethrower, or the wires are frayed

(This is the 2nd time I've ever opened the enclosure. The wires must have been frayed the whole time)

So now I get to go back to Radio Shack and get my $30 back. The case has a 2 year warranty, but I can't find the reciept

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