2 usb drives and an AEBS...

It just keeps getting worse, if its not one thing, its another! I have 2 usb external drives hooked up to the AEBS with a usb hub, worked fine since Monday (other than being slow as molasses) both drives always showed up under SHARED in Finder. Now today they seem to be taking turns showing in finder with every power cycle. I can't get them to show up at the same time. They litterally take turns every time i power cycle the AEBS - any ideas?

thanks for the reply - i have 2 of the same hubs so i swapped it out and still the same thing.
its not really a big deal, as i can hook it up to my other computer and have access to it that way. (well hopefully anyways..
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6009740#6009740 )
My problem is that the setup worked fine for almost a full week, and then suddenly stopped. I even did a hard reset and its still alternating between the 2 drives... so i guess i am wondering if i may have burnt out part of the AEBS or something??

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http://images46.fotki.com/v1506/photos/4/48510/325829/disk1-vi.jpg
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http://images43.fotki.com/v1505/photos/4/48510/325829/DISK4-vi.jpg
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http://images46.fotki.com/v1506/photos/4/48510/325829/Disk2-vi.jpg
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http://images50.fotki.com/v1512/photos/4/48510/325829/disk5-vi.jpg
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