I acquired a free computer from a relative..... My thinking.... "oh happy day.. another submission to the collective" cleared out all the stuff from it... installed new(ish) parts..(v-card, sound) then i plug in my USB flash drive.... "Odd... why does WinXP not reconize this drive" It DID work fine in all the other computers I notticed the light on it did not come on (comes on when ther is power to the drive) I then removed it thinking that i had killed it during my inspection i notticed a unique smell from the USB end of the drive "Oh.. it smells like burnt electronics" well it ended up that the (insert profane words here) USB ports were connected to the mobo incorrectly! so i RTFM and got them wired correctly 5v and ground were swapped... figures.....now they work fine ...but my 256MB SanDisk Cruzer Mini gave its life as a usb port tester..... i would post pics but there is no visible damage... guess ill have to use my 32MB Lexar JumpDrive ** Long post... i know**
same thing happened to me but i could have sworn the ports were plugged in right oh well it was only a 128mb stick my girlfriend got me a 1gb stick for chrimbo
