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| Thread ID: 65245 | 2006-01-12 00:42:00 | USB mini drives - problem being recognised | chook67 (8158) | Press F1 |
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| 420306 | 2006-01-12 00:42:00 | We have one machine out of 7 which will not recognise a USB mini drive [memory stick] unless it is a powered drive such as a MSI megastick. We have tried it on each of the available ports on this machne without success. As our students are increasingly bringing their minidrives to take home material to work on, it is proving a barrier. A variety of sticks are being used. They all seem to work well on other machines. Any suggestions would be welcomed. SeniorNet Motueka | chook67 (8158) | ||
| 420307 | 2006-01-12 00:47:00 | An external AC powered USB hub may help. It's a common item at Dick Smith. | kingdragonfly (309) | ||
| 420308 | 2006-01-12 01:08:00 | Put a better PSU in the PC | pctek (84) | ||
| 420309 | 2006-01-12 04:11:00 | Eh? A new power supply needed to handle USB memory sticks? You must be joking. Even a powered hub is unlikely to be needed. This is a USB problem. Can you use other USB devices on the computer? An optical mouse would pull more power than a memory stick, so that would "test" that too. ;) It's not a W98 machine? USB doesn't always work with that. |
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