Re: USB drive problem

mrdarrett@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

On Sep 4, 1:14 pm, Spehro Pefhany <speffS...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:53:34 -0500, Tim Wescott <t...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:






OK, this is totally off-topic, but y'all are smart:

I have a Dell Dimension 8300, with XP-Pro installed. I've had it for four
years, and since day 1 it's not been able to read USB drives. Not thumb
drives, not digital cameras that are mapped as USB drives, nothing. These
are all devices that work fine on various other Windows and Linux boxes in
my house.

When I plug a thumb drive into the thing, the only indication that it's
there is that waaaay down in device manager, an "Unknown Device" shows up
in the USB tree.

Every other USB thing I've tried in the box has worked perfectly.

Anybody got any clues for me?

Thanks.

Obvious question: Have you updated all the drivers and BIOS? It
sounds like all "mass storage" devices are not working.

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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Either that, or a bad mainboard.

(Let's hope it's a driver issue!)

If it's a bad mainboard, quick and (relatively) cheap solution is to
use a PCI USB card. Remember: swapping out the mainboard will void
your XP license.


With the obvious question whether such voiding would hold any water in a court of law. Swapping a mainboard could be construed as repair and voiding a usage right because of a repair, well, I wouldn't know a judge that would let that fly.

Tim: If you go to Device Manager, click on that unknown device and then on the driver tab, does anything come up? If not then your PC might be missing that Microsoft driver.

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