Jesus, I just found out I don't have a firewire controller card driver and so I go to the Koutech website to download them but they don't have any. I downloaded their firewire + USB combo drivers and now my external hard drive works! What is up with that? I already had USB drivers but now when I install these it works! I can't believe it. It isn't even a Maxtor driver, or ASUS like my motherboard, or SiS like my chipset. Crazy. Thanks.