On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:34 -0500, "John Sessoms" <[email protected]> wrote: > From: "Brian Walters" > > A bit more investigation revealed that not only would the two Western > > Digital drives not work when plugged directly ito the USB ports on the > > system board, the same applied for any mass storage device. So I was > > unable to read any of my thumb drives unless I plugged them into the > > 4-port hub. However, the system USB ports work fine for my mouse and > > printer. > > > > Well, at least I now have a working system but there is another visit to > > the computer shop in my future to try to sort out the USB issue. I can > > only think that this problem is power related in some way and the built > > in USB ports deliver too much current. Does this sound feasible? > > Doesn't sound right to me. Every one of my USB external disks is powered > by its own external power supply. The USB only provides communication. > > You got something whoever sold you the computer needs to fix.
No argument there. I'll be heading back to the computer store shortly.... Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
