Re: USB Jump Drive

From: Quaoar (quaoar_at_tenthplanet.net)
Date: 01/11/05 

Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:31:35 -0700

William Pelletier wrote:
> I've recently picked up a lexar traveller jumpdrive for the office to
> back up some accounting software and take it off site. My problem is
> when I plug it into the computer I need it to work on, nothing
> happens. as if it wasn't ever plugged in. the computer is running
> WinXP home, SP1. When I go to plug it in another computer running
> winxp, it works. And when I plug in a different device (Mouse,
> Digital Camera), The computer recognizes it right away.
> Any insight would be appreciated.
>
> P.S. The jumpdrive works on both usb 1.1 and 2.0.

The USB connector on that drive might not be quite long enough to mate
with the port connectors. Take a look at the length of the USB
connectors on devices that work compared to this drive connector. This
is a problem with the design of USB ports on a very, very few older
computers.

Q

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