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Geek Culture / USB Drivers?

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BMacZero
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Posted: 21st Oct 2009 04:44 Edited at: 21st Oct 2009 04:45
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Does anyone around here know where I can uninstall or reset drivers for my USB flash drives? (I'm sure someone does ). I have a drive here that had some problems when I first used it, and I had to format it. Since I did that, it hasn't worked on this computer. Sometimes the computer does not respond at all when I plug it in, sometimes I get this error message (which naturally is quite unhelpful when I click on it):


The drive works fine on my laptop and all the computers at school. All computers involved are running XP.

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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 21st Oct 2009 11:24
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Could be damaged connectors.

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BMacZero
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Posted: 21st Oct 2009 16:27
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My other USB seems to work fine, though...

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David R
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Posted: 21st Oct 2009 16:44 Edited at: 21st Oct 2009 16:46
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That error effectively means the device is broken in most cases. Have you actually tried it on the machines at school since seeing this error?

If it does still work elsewhere, it's likely a physical problem with the USB ports or root hub. If it were a driver problem I don't think anything would be recognised at all, let alone meet to criteria to be called "malfunctioning". It's possible, for example, that the root hub is working incorrectly and isn't powering the device at all, or something along those lines,

Hard to say.

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BMacZero
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Posted: 21st Oct 2009 17:15
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Thanks. I just tried it in my laptop and it works fine there, but not on any of the ports on this computer. Must be a problem with how much power it wants or something.

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