re: what is killing my thumb drives.
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 6:07 pm
Windows 7 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Adam Bradley
(8786 messages posted)
Possibly the ports sending surges the devices cannot handle but the iPod is able
to absorb, every device is different on how much they can take. If these are front
ports the first thing I would do is open the case and make sure the leads are in
the right places and are all the way down, it might also be a known issue with that
motherboard so check that out as well. Might be wise to put in a call to the shop
you got the motherboard from while you are at it, they might be able to put the tower
thru the works to track down the problem.
On Friday, October 30, 2009 at 9:40 am, josh q wrote:
>I built a new amd phenom machine running windows 7. It uses wireless usb keyboard
>mouse, another usb mouse, and a usb ipod. However, I think it killed 3 flash drives.
>
>1. I plugged in a brand new flash drive and got a "device malfunction / not recognized"
>error. I tried it on 2 windows xp machines and got the same error
>
>2. usb sd card reader I use for camera. same error, have yet to try on another machine.
>Worked fine on previous systems. I will try the sd card in the camera tonight.
>
>3. kingston flash drive that i have been using for years. Took files from 2 win
xp
>machines yesterday, plugged into new machine only to get the same error. Now the
>same error occurs other win xp machines as well as an open suse machine. open suse
>doesn't even acknowledge I plugged in a usb device. This device is apparently inoperable,
>having been plugged into the new computer once for a few minutes.
>
>What the heck is this? If the machine is at fault, why doesn't it affect the ipod
>(another usb mass storage device) Some goofball motherboard issue frying the flash
>drives? Doesn't quite add up. There are literally billions of threads on malfunctioning
>usb sticks, which makes this a huge pain in the butt to troubleshoot.
>
>Are their any utilities that can try to connect to the device to figure anything
>out?
>
>Could this be malware related? Seems unlikely, but??
>
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