My mass storage devices are recognised in Device Manager, but they do not get allocated a drive letter in My Computer or Explorer. I have tried Googling for a fix, without having to do a reinstall or repair of windows, but to no avail. Will a PCI USB2.0 card sort this known WINDOWS XP problem.

Can anyone tell me why a 32 GB USB drive cannot be made the main boot drive with Windows on it? And if it can be made then why it wont be much faster than hard disk since it has no moving parts. Also isn't this new expensive SSD (Solid State Drive) just that? What's the difference? Why the...

Does anyone know a way to configure a USB Pen Dirve to act as a Floppy Disk (drive a:) in a DOS / pre-windows environment? Thanks James

A friend's pc with ECS mainboard seems to not provide power to usb ports!!! First was all ok, but recently scanner stopped to work. This scanner do not have a separate power supply, gets power from USB and now works only with others PC. Seems to work only peripherals with indipendent power supply,...

Has anybody any experience with longer USB cables? I know there is some theoretical limit like 6 or 10 feet, but I also know with RS232 there used to be a limit of 50 feet. I know I was able to quite reliably run over 200 feet, so I am wondering how far USB can actually go.

When I put my USB disk in the USB slot it all works ok but when I go to remove it I get problems. In explorer I right click on the F drive and select eject but it stays stuck in the USB slot. I have tried everything but the only way to get it out is to manually remove it myself!!! The CD Drive...

I have a Belkin 4 port USB 2.0 hub hooked up to my motherboard which only supports 1.1 and a Sandisk Smart Card reader. Every so often the connection between the three goes away and I have to reset it by undoing the connection between the hub and the computer. Sometimes reinserting the Sandisk...

I vaguely remember reading somewhere that direct (USB) cable networking requires a specific USB cable - not just a regular one. I also vaguely remember thinking that that would be due to the fact that USB also provides power to the connected item, which would need NOT to be the case when connecting...

My Asus a4s (Pentium IV 630) at bios time not start usb devices (mouse, usb wireless, etc...). For example, at start of bios, mouse led would be light, instead it become light only after this procedure is done: 1) Computer is turned on without mouse plugged (If not windows startup become blocked...

Hi, My USB's don't respond to any devices plugged in. I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling them under Device Manager, but still does not respond. I've read that maybe updating my BIOS may help but I'm having difficulties with that.

Config: MicronPC Millennia AMD Athlon upg to 2.13ghz GA-7DX Rev 2.2 BIOS F2C Windows XP SP2 Problem: Here is the chain events that led to the problem. First, I have 2 different USB SAN disks and system always detected them when conn to front of the tower. I also had a USB Logitech web-camera and...

For some security testing, I am looking for a USB device that can send pre-programmed key strokes when plugged-into the USB port. Any suggestions? I want something that doesn't require a software/script to be loaded on the computer. Something along the lines of WiebeTech's MouseJiggler...

Hi, I have a sony VAIO p3 700 notebook PC. I have many different USB devices which are used on a regular basis with the notebook. I have bought a Plantronics USB headset (headphones and mic) and am trying to install it on the laptop. I have followed the instructions to the letter and every time...

Hello, What brand of USB device, such as Scandisk can be used to carry files and music from 1 PC to another. Are they all plug and play? Recognized by XP as external device?

I have a usb wireless card(Buffalo AirStation WLI-U2-KG54 ),I plug into my desktop computer, but WIN XP can't find it , I plug it into another desktop computer ,WIN XP still can't find it,I think the card maybe broken, But when I plug it into my NB, The XP in my NB found it and its worked. What...

Hi all, I have Installed Fedora Core 2. I have an external analog modem conneceted through one of the six usb interface with which my PC is equipped. I need to connect through KPPP to the Internet using this PC of mine. Could you please tell me the name of the device corrispnding

I have problems with the external harddisk connected by usb2, data transfer is often interrupted, anyone has a sloution, greetings, Michael.

I have two cord with an external DVD/RW I bought some time back. There's two cords the one I use with USB 2 on my tower to the DVD/RW and looks like data but it's power too. This second one IDK what it's for. I goes to the "power" interface on the DVD/RW. I guess I don't need it. But idk...

If I will connect an external DVD-burner to my pc, I read that I need USB2. So I just wonder,how do I find out if I have got USB2 or USB1? Peter.

Is there anywhere that I can buy USB A male connectors? All I want to do is cut off the plug on the mouse I use with my laptop to shorten the cable and then solder on a new USB A plug and new boot. Thanks, Boden