On Friday 28 January 2005 12:52 am, Steven P. Ulrick wrote: > Hello, Everyone > I am still having the problem that is referred to in the above quoted > message, and in the logs that are quoted in that message. I have two USB2 > busses on our Abit KD7 mainboard. A cable goes from one of them to two > ports on the front of our machine. Another cable goes to two ports on the > back of our machine. Right now, our CD burner (Iomega 52X external, USB2) > has dissappeared (it is connected to a port on the back of our machine. > There only appear to be issues with the ports on the back.) If I rebooted, > it would reappear. If I took the cable from the burner and put it in one > of the open ports on the front of our machine, it would reappear > immediately. If I left it in the front, it would not dissappear anymore. > In a minute, I'm going to try a new experiment: I'm going to unplug the > burner and leave it unplugged for a few minutes, leave the machine alone, > and then come back and plug it in the same port that it dissaapeared from. > If that doesn't bring back the burner, then I will try the same experiemt, > but I will replug it in the other port in the back. > I'm sure someone has already had the thought, "Maybe your burner is bad." > Good question, but I have had our only other USB2 device (EPSON Perfection > 2400 Photo) dissappear while connected to one of the back ports. > Basically, I've had it happen that whatever I have connected in the back > will dissappear eventually, but if I plug back in immediately in one of the > front ports, it will come back. Like I said earlier, if I leave any of the > "dissappeared" devices connected to a back port and Reboot, it will > reappear. This makes me at least _Suspect_ that this might not be a pure > hardware issue. > > Anyway, I will get back to you with the results of my experiment. Hello, Everyone I unplugged our USB2 burner from the port that it was in in the back of our machine when it dissappeared. I came back about 15 minutes later, plugged it in, and it popped right back up. Unless you say so, it seems pointless to try to burn a cd just to see if it is fully functional. However, I just got done ripping a song from a cd, and it turned out perfectly. Assuming that it will dissappear again, the next time I will try not waiting so long to plug it back in. After that, I will try plugging it back in right away in the other back port. I guess I don't need waste your time with all the combinations, I'll just do them, and keep you posted with the results. Steven P. Ulrick
