Xu wrote:

> So just how much power is needed to make a 1gig thumbdrive get up and go?
>
> The way I remember it, he said the thing was showing up but that he was
> getting some message saying it needed to be formatted.
>
> It is as simple as this . . . if it powers that webcam, it will power the
> thumbdrive. Nothing equivocal about it.
>

But the webcam has its own power supply. Most card readers
do not have independent power supplies and rely on the power
coming from the USB port, just like thumbdrives. It isn't the
thumbdrive that is the issue but why the front panel USB port
is not functioning properly when the card reader is present
and connected to a PCI USB card. Read the original post of
1/1/2006.