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Van Halen Man   08-18-2008 at 03:07:08 AM

Alright, it seems like when ever I boot my computer with one of my flash drives in it, I get the blue screen. (It doesn't seem to happen when the other one is in it) In the device manager there is an exclamation mark next to the USB controller. I have an Asus P4S8X-MX. What should I do here? Thanks
PS, If I put this in the wrong place, I'm sorry, I just wasn't sure where to put it...

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caamsa   08-18-2008 at 03:15:16 AM
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What is your OS? Do you have the latest patches for you OS and are all your drivers are up to date for your MB?

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Van Halen Man   08-18-2008 at 05:23:37 AM
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Well, I have windows XP (I'm not sure what service pack), I don't even know what a patch is, and all the drivers (except for the usb controller) are good, they are not the cause of the blue screen if that is why you ask....when I take the flash drive out it boots just fine. but say I have one flash drive in (and the computer is running) and I put the other in, the computer will reboot, and I get the windows has detected a serious error [send or dont send] blah blah blah.

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bobbknight   08-18-2008 at 12:30:24 PM
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Remove all usb items from the computers ports.
Go into the hardware manager and uninstall all the usb drivers for everything usb.
Reboot and let windows install the usb drivers.
Reboot and then try one flash drive at a time.
If they all install and you can test read and write to them, next try to boot with the one that is problematical right now.


Message edited by bobbknight on 08-18-2008 at 12:31:27 PM
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scolaw   08-18-2008 at 02:45:27 PM
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If you have one that works and one that doesn't, it could be a bad flashdrive. Try it in another computer. Anyway, it is always a good idea to keep your drivers up to date and install the latest service packs and updates. That can't hurt.

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Van Halen Man   08-19-2008 at 03:20:49 PM
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Well it's not a bad flash drive, it works fine in other computers (both of them do). I guess I will try to reinstall the drivers but would this put an exclamation mark in the device manager next to the usb controller? I don't think it has to do with drivers because I remember several occasions when I would be playing a game of some sort with a logitech dual action USB controller. I would be in the middle of playing something when the controller would just stop working and it wouldn't work in the controller thing in the controll panel. And no it isn't the controllers fault, it only happens on that computer. So like I said, I don't think it is a flash drive driver error.

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caamsa   08-21-2008 at 02:58:07 AM
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You probably need service pack 2. Go to windows updates and make sure your OS is up to date. After you update and restart the computer see if it works. If not then reinstall the USB drivers for your motherboard and see if that works.

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Gigabyte M61P-S3
4 GB OCZ Fatal1ty DDR2 800
Asus 4850 512mb
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