Flash Drive not detected on front USB ports

mightymo

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I bought a 1GB PQI Intelligent Stick 2.0 flash drive. For some reason it doesn't work on my front USB ports. I have two in the front and four in the back. It works fine in the back. I never had any problems with my front USB ports and I use my digital camera in the front all the time. Any ideas?
 
well first check if it's usb2.0, if it is then when you plug in the drive and you see that lil bubble in that the drive is installed and ready to use if it and you can't see it in my computer then you need to change it's drive letter
 
Funny you should mention that, I have the same problem where the flash drive will not be recognised by the front two USB 2 ports, but is okay on the rear four. And yet I can plug any other USB device into the front ports, and they work fine. Checked wiring etc and all is OK.
 
maybe it likes it better in the butt...
 
Strange. My 2.0 Drive works fine in a USB 1.1 socket.

But your 2.0 drive may not be backward compatible. Most of the MBs have some USB 2.0 ports and the rest are USB 1.x. Check your MB the front ports may be 1.x

One guy I know says he has had problems with an ASUS NF2 not liking some of his devices (scanner and cd tower) so check for any new MB USB drivers and MB Bios updates. Come to think of it my camera does not always get recognized properly when I plug it into my new USB 2.0 HUB. Used to work fine off 1.x HUB.
 
Cool, I just called Antec and they said they had a problem back in 2003 with the USB ports not reading USB 2.0. So I was right, my flash drive doesn't work on 1.1 ports for some reason. They are going to send me the little USB board for me to replace. Awesome.
 
mightymo said:
Cool, I just called Antec and they said they had a problem back in 2003 with the USB ports not reading USB 2.0. So I was right, my flash drive doesn't work on 1.1 ports for some reason. They are going to send me the little USB board for me to replace. Awesome.


Wow, thats worth it just to buy the 1.1 drive :p
 
mightymo said:
Cool, I just called Antec and they said they had a problem back in 2003 with the USB ports not reading USB 2.0. So I was right, my flash drive doesn't work on 1.1 ports for some reason. They are going to send me the little USB board for me to replace. Awesome.
niice
 
OK I got the new front USB board and installed it. Flash drive works now, so that was the problem.
 

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