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spudgun
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I get this every time I plug my USB into the computer. Does anyone know how to fix this? thanks.
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What sort of USB device are you trying to use?
Does it work on any other computers?
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| Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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Get the drivers for it.
Also, this kind of thing belongs in the "one questions" thread. It's not really a topic for discussion.
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| Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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its not that simple , for me some of the usb devices i use from time to time wont work with X usb slot , its a pretty generic problem , if only there was something to flush the memory of what was plugged in were
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| Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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Its a long shot but try doing a "Windows Update" and select the custom option, then download and install any software for hardware that is available.
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| Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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its a transcend USB flash drive. It currently works fine in my MacBook.
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| Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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Have you tried plugging the USB flash drive to all of the ports of your computer?
My money is on underpowered USB ports.
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| Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 12:19 am Post subject: |
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yes, it still comes up as unknown device.
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| Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 12:31 am Post subject: |
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Turn off your computer then unplug it from the wall for 10secs, then plug back in and turn it on and try it. Have seen this fix a few (due to motherboard always having power to it even when PC is off)
Otherwise google it, you will get much more info there.
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Do you know what format the drive is in? You should be able to find it somewhere in the drive's properties.
Windows might not recognize it unless it is FAT-something or NTFS. I'm not sure what formats your Mac would use by default on USB drives.
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| Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 2:00 am Post subject: |
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With hard drives usually the file format macs love windows won't read. i'd expect its something along those lines though buggered if i know anything more, i am fail tech.
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| Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 2:34 am Post subject: |
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Right click Computer, choose Manage
Go to Disk Management
Look for your Flash Drive
Is it there?
Now plug it into your Mac
open spotlight
type disk util
press return
locate flash drive in right column
check disk format
if it is Mac OS Extended (otherwise called HFS+)
back up contents of drive, then within Disk Utility, click Erase, and choose FAT32
Otherwise just buy another Mac.
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Long shot, but if you're using Windows 98 it doesn't automatically detect USB mass storage device drives.
If this is the case you need to get into this decade dude!
(More likely the stick is formatted using the Mac filesystem, as already suggested above)
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| Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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Thank Benc82.
I turned my computer off at the power and it is working fine now. Thanks
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