Read the whole thread instead of just the original post.

The webcam is usb . .. . it does not have its own powersupply. And the
front panel is functioning properly with other devices plugged into it. And
no one has established that the thumbdrive is not working because the card
reader is present. The OP has not followed up about that.

This thread has taken a turn for the silly; now we are all just rambling
and bickering over nothing that is going to solve the problem. Nothing else
needs to be said unless the OP gets back with us or someone can offer some
credible reason why the "format" request is poping up when the thumbdrive is
inserted.

I am following this with a little relevancy as I recently returned an IDE
card reader because everytime I put in my sd or compact flash card, I too
got the format message. It was almost like I was putting in the wrong type
of floppy disk into a floppy disk drive. You know what I mean? Trying to put
a 1.4mb disk into a FDD that would not support anything greater than 300mb?


"GHalleck" <ghalleck@arrakian.mining.com> wrote in message
>
> 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.
>