Here is one more method to try:
Hold down windows key and hit "r". This brings up the Run command line. Now
type the following command at a command prompt with the quotation marks, and
then press ENTER:
net stop "removable storage"
After your screen flashes and the dos window closes, plug in your thumbdrive
to see if that works. With removable storage, sometimes the registry gets
confused because it is looking for a device that was once plugged in. And in
the future, always right click on the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in the
systray. Then stop the thumbdrive before you pull it out.
"Bald Guy" <whatdidusay@my.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:TXStf.87104$k76.47531@bignews6.bellsouth.net. ..
>I have this usb card reader, which is plugged into a Syba pci card that has
>two usb headers on it:
> http://tinyurl.com/8scxj
>
> I have a front panel audio USB panel connected to my USB mobo headers. The
> panel looks like this:
> http://tinyurl.com/a9pnx
>
> The front panel audio and its usb ports worked fine before I put in the
> card reader. Now when I plug something into the front panel USB ports the
> computer freezes until I get a pop up saying the disk needs to be
> formatted. If I unplug the card reader, the USB front panel starts working
> again. Obviously XP is getting confused, but I sure would like to know how
> to fix it so that I can use both devices.
>
>
>
>
> "Paul" <noone@home.com> wrote in message
> news:dp809m$a8e$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...
>> Just as long as the mobo has USB 2 headers
>> and the reader is USB 2, it'll work.
>>
>> All you have to do is make sure you connect the wires
>> to the right pins from the reader to the mobo header.
>>
>> Usually, internal card reader wires go from left to right.
>>
>> ie: They're coloured red,white,green,black black (only one of the black
>> wires are used).
>>
>> The black wire always goes on the 4th/5th pin like this.
>>
>> o o o o o (sometimes the 5th pin isnt on the top row)
>> R W G B
>> o o o o o (the 5th pin is also never used, and left blank).
>> R W G B
>>
>> Thats all you have to do. XP will read it as a removable disk. No drivers
>> needed. Unless you want icons for the slots, in which case, you'll have
>> to
>> install the icons from the manufacturer's cd.
>>
>> "Gordon Scott" <gordsmail@NOSPAMshaw.ca> wrote in message
>> news:43A5EB75.E6E161D2@shaw.ca...
>>> Go Tyler wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I just bought this front panel usb thing for my comp:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811998813
>>>>
>>>> It came with a cable that looks like this:
>>>> http://tinypic.com/ilwolw.jpg
>>>>
>>>> It is hard to see in the pic, but it goes from the card reader to the
>>>> motherboard somewhere. It has just 4 holes and it says VCC, D-, D+, and
>>>> GND.
>>>> The instructions say to connect it to "the pin header of the
>>>> motherboard."
>>>>
>>>> Does the MOBO specifically have to support a card reader? I can't see
>>>> where
>>>> mine does, although I see all kinds of headers that seem to go with
>>>> this
>>>> cable. Here is my MOBO:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.baber.com/baber/411/asus_p4s533-mx.htm
>>>
>>> did you load the drivers for the card reader?
>>> btw the newegg link doesnt seem to work.
>>
>>
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