USB Thumb Drive unknown device - Page 2

aKho · 19th Jun 2006, 05:09 PM

i remove / uninstall / delete all the USB controllers, even till my mouse not moving, restarting my PC (windows auto install the usb controllers again) and plug in my thumb drive.

windows still detect it as unknown device.

Adrian Wong · 19th Jun 2006, 05:36 PM

Hmm.. Have you tried other USB flash drives? See if they work?

aKho · 19th Jun 2006, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

Hmm.. Have you tried other USB flash drives? See if they work?

yes, thumb drives just don't work. if i try other devices say my mobile phone, mouse, keyboard...it works.

Falcone · 19th Jun 2006, 08:11 PM

One way sure work

belikethat · 19th Jun 2006, 09:14 PM

Ur thumbdrive is most likely corrupted.. get some program to retrieve what you lost... format your thumd drive and it good to go

i read somewhere in windows saying that fast detect feature or USB v2.. not sure .. forgotten ..
don`t need to remove safely which i don`t believe..

Chai · 20th Jun 2006, 06:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by belikethat

Ur thumbdrive is most likely corrupted.. get some program to retrieve what you lost... format your thumd drive and it good to go

i read somewhere in windows saying that fast detect feature or USB v2.. not sure .. forgotten ..
don`t need to remove safely which i don`t believe..

Read the whole thread.

Dashken · 20th Jun 2006, 12:11 PM

Hmm... so now the problem is your USB ports can't detect ALL types of USB thumb drive?

My suggestion: Go find a generic Windows XP thumb drive driver, and install it.

On another note, have you tried installing the mobo driver? I think as the last resort, you'll have to try to repair your Windows using the OS cd and pray, like this -->

doraemon · 20th Jun 2006, 12:20 PM

get motherboard driver, install back all the USB driver, might help

belikethat · 20th Jun 2006, 03:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aKho

my thumb drive works on other system.

ohhh my bad

never encounter this before...

aKho · 20th Jun 2006, 03:59 PM

i believe this problem is as Falcone has said, unplugging the thumb drive without safely disabling it first. somehow whenever a thumb drive is plugged-in, windows will automatically assign the driver for it, in this case..a corrupt driver me thinks.

i've only been able to find win98 usb drivers, if anyone has winxp usb drivers for ANY thumb drive, i'm willing to try them out.

i do not have the mobo drivers as this is my work computer, thus does not belong to me.

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Dashken Administrator! Join Date: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Penang Posts: 29,821 Reputation: 2162 Rep Power: 56	Hmm... so now the problem is your USB ports can't detect ALL types of USB thumb drive? My suggestion: Go find a generic Windows XP thumb drive driver, and install it. On another note, have you tried installing the mobo driver? I think as the last resort, you'll have to try to repair your Windows using the OS cd and pray, like this --> __________________ \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.2Ghz \| ASUS P5B-E Plus \| G.SKILL 2x1GB DDR2 800 \| 6 HDDs (2TB+ only ) \| NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| Blog : Dashken's I-Blog Gallery : Dashken's I-Paintings Last edited by Dashken : 20th Jun 2006 at 12:28 PM.

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20th Jun 2006, 03:59 PM	#20 (permalink)
aKho beat around the bush Join Date: 3 Jun 2005 Location: Kuching, Sarawak Posts: 2,806 Reputation: 1169 Rep Power: 17	i believe this problem is as Falcone has said, unplugging the thumb drive without safely disabling it first. somehow whenever a thumb drive is plugged-in, windows will automatically assign the driver for it, in this case..a corrupt driver me thinks. i've only been able to find win98 usb drivers, if anyone has winxp usb drivers for ANY thumb drive, i'm willing to try them out. i do not have the mobo drivers as this is my work computer, thus does not belong to me. __________________