USB Problems

[Blah]

Im trying to put an external drive into my pc, windows makes that detection sound, but nothing else comes up? and the drive wont detect
have anything to do with my front USB ports which dont work at all, PC just freezes when i use them.(using back ones at moment)
THANKS

 

[korval]

usb problem

My PC at work was doing that with my flash drive. I found that it wasnt getting a drive letter assigned to it. Have a look under Administrative tools, Computer managment, then drive manager, u'll see the physical drives there. Check to see what drive letter is assigned to it.

 

[kronoSX]

well check what plug you put it on you motherboard and see if its tighly on,sometimes there are 2 places to place the usb plug

 

[bekdik]

your USB device is probably drawing too much current from the port. Use the back ones. Not all USB ports can power all devices.

 

[Blah]

erm, also sometimes it creates a spark when i plug something in.
so u rate something is loose with my front USB? its getting rather irritating, its still under warranty, is mabye my motherboard just faulty?

 

[Jonny Two Shoes]

I have had that when another drive was mapped. For instance I had E:\ mapped from the network and for some reason windows did not automatically assign a new drive letter for the device...instead it remained in conflict and I couldn't see the device until I disconnected the flash disk. Just fyi!!