Re: Problem booting with USB device connected

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"Jim" <Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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If an USB device is connected on boot, then the system reboots after the
bios
(where the Windows progress bar usually shows).

If no USB devices are connected, then it boots fine. After booting, then I
can plug in the USB devices and they work fine.

Is there anyway to trouble shoot this? I don't want to unplug all of my
USB
devices everytime I boot.

WinXP Pro SP2
Abit F-190HD motherboard

thanks


Jim:
That's quite unusual. As a matter of fact I can't recall ever encountering
the problem you describe with scores of motherboards we've used. We *have*
run into the problem (not particularly rare) where the system will refuse to
boot while a USB external device is connected and powered on - especially
where that device is a USB external HDD. But I can't recall ever running
into a situation where the system will *reboot* under those circumstances.
In the instances we've encountered, it was necessary to power on the USB
device *after* booting to a Desktop.

You say "the system reboots". Are you indicating that the reboot while the
USB device is connected will *then* result in the device being recognized by
the system when it reboots to the Desktop? You're not referring to the
situation I described above, right?

In any event this situation should not occur with your high-end ABIT board.
That's for sure. Have you checked your BIOS settings to determine that some
incorrect option involving a USB setting may be causing this problem?

Assuming it's not some incorrect BIOS setting, you really should check with
ABIT. Their support is usually very good.
Anna


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