RE: USB 2.0 flash drive and XP Pro

I have a similar problem with Windows XP Pro SP2. I have two other Flash
Drives that work fine, but the latest one that I put in is recognized by its
brand name and assigned a drive letter, but it shows no size, and am unable
to assign a volume name, or do anything else. Another Windows XP screw up
that we will have to wait for them to solve. I had a problem that 3 1394
drives were not recognized until I connected each one to their own socket on
a 1394 board with three outputs.

Hope they get this resolved pretty soon. I had a problem a few months ago
where the icons in the notification area on the lower right side of display
in the task bar area would come and go from day to day. I downloaded a
program that seemed to fix that problem, but Microsoft finally solved the
problem themselves by changing how displaying the icons takes place.

Ron Geiken

"DaveP" wrote:

> I have a new USB 2.0 1 GB flash drive. It does not work on my computer
> running XP Pro 32 bit SP2.
> It is detected but doesnt show up in Explorer and after a couple of minutes
> the computer tends to
> stops responding until I unplug it.
>
> The 1 GB flash drive works fine on this same computer running WinXP Pro 64
> bit.
> It works on an older PIII running Win2K.
> It works fine on my laptop running XP Home SP2
>
> I have 6 other USB devices including a 64 MB Flash drive, a 120 GB USB
> harddrive and a USB zip drive,
> they all work fine.
> Device Manager recognizes it as a mass storage device and says it is working
> properly.
>
> I have uninstalled all USB items in Device Manager and reinstalled, no help.
> I have disconnected all other USB devices, no help.
> I have reassigned drive letters for my DVD writer and DVD Rom to open drive
> letters behind harddrive, no help.
> I have wound my butt and scratched my watch, no help.
>
> I have read through this newsgroup and searched the internet, no help.
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
> Dave P
>
>
>
>
>
>

The USB problem is not necessarily an XP problem, as I've got it too..

Got a new computer 2 weeks ago, installed XP home and thought everything is
good.
But no, connected network cable to a newly bought router (D-Link DI-704P)
and no address?
(It worked connected directly to the ADSL-box, a Zyxel P645R). My old
computer had no
problem on the new router. OK, hope it's a fluke. Connected a USB stick,
seen and recognized
correctly, but ANY accessing it failed. OK, connect an external 120GB disk
(USB). Same problem.

Sent computer back to dealer, got it back 3hrs later. They told that the
first 2 USB device they
connected funtioned flawlessly, but the 3rd failed. Same for net..

Ergo, defective motherboard (Asus A8N-VM)


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"reinhold" <reinhold@discussions.microsoft.com> kirjoitti
viestissä:2385B726-EF3B-4548-AD15-8A531B8E094A@microsoft.com...
>I have a similar problem with Windows XP Pro SP2. I have two other Flash
> Drives that work fine, but the latest one that I put in is recognized by
> its
> brand name and assigned a drive letter, but it shows no size, and am
> unable
> to assign a volume name, or do anything else. Another Windows XP screw up
> that we will have to wait for them to solve. I had a problem that 3 1394
> drives were not recognized until I connected each one to their own socket
> on
> a 1394 board with three outputs.
>
> Hope they get this resolved pretty soon. I had a problem a few months ago
> where the icons in the notification area on the lower right side of
> display
> in the task bar area would come and go from day to day. I downloaded a
> program that seemed to fix that problem, but Microsoft finally solved the
> problem themselves by changing how displaying the icons takes place.
>
> Ron Geiken
>
> "DaveP" wrote:
>
>> I have a new USB 2.0 1 GB flash drive. It does not work on my computer
>> running XP Pro 32 bit SP2.
>> It is detected but doesnt show up in Explorer and after a couple of
>> minutes
>> the computer tends to
>> stops responding until I unplug it.
>>
>> The 1 GB flash drive works fine on this same computer running WinXP Pro
>> 64
>> bit.
>> It works on an older PIII running Win2K.
>> It works fine on my laptop running XP Home SP2
>>
>> I have 6 other USB devices including a 64 MB Flash drive, a 120 GB USB
>> harddrive and a USB zip drive,
>> they all work fine.
>> Device Manager recognizes it as a mass storage device and says it is
>> working
>> properly.
>>
>> I have uninstalled all USB items in Device Manager and reinstalled, no
>> help.
>> I have disconnected all other USB devices, no help.
>> I have reassigned drive letters for my DVD writer and DVD Rom to open
>> drive
>> letters behind harddrive, no help.
>> I have wound my butt and scratched my watch, no help.
>>
>> I have read through this newsgroup and searched the internet, no help.
>>
>> Any ideas would be appreciated.
>>
>> Dave P
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>