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.

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.
>

I have had four different webcams, and they all draw their power from the
USB port.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"GHalleck" <ghalleck@arrakian.mining.com> wrote in message
news:ejUWvy$DGHA.412@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>
> 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.
>

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.
>>
>>
>
>

That worked. I rebooted the computer and tried it twice more to make sure.
The thumbdrive pops up immediately upon insertion.

"Xu" <xuxuxuxu@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:6eDuf.92971$k76.91261@bignews6.bellsouth.net. ..
> Here is one more method to try:
>
> Hold down windows key and hit "r". This brings up the Run command line.
> Now type the following command at a command prompt with the quotation
> marks, and then press ENTER:
> net stop "removable storage"
>
> After your screen flashes and the dos window closes, plug in your
> thumbdrive to see if that works. With removable storage, sometimes the
> registry gets confused because it is looking for a device that was once
> plugged in. And in the future, always right click on the "Safely Remove
> Hardware" icon in the systray. Then stop the thumbdrive before you pull it
> out.
>
>
>
> "Bald Guy" <whatdidusay@my.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:TXStf.87104$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.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>