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Flash drive causes sudden reboot

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Name: JonK
Date: November 22, 2005 at 22:57:08 Pacific
OS: WinXP Pro
CPU/Ram: Pentium 4 1.8GHz 256MB
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An organization that I belong to has been having a strange problem with they're computer. Almost every time someone plugs in a USB Flash drive the computer reboots. Within seconds of plugging in a flash drive, the computer shuts off suddenly. The screen will suddenly go dark then the Gateway splash screen will appear and then Windows will start loading again. Does anyone know what could be causing this and what can be done about it?



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Name: tup_selva
Date: November 23, 2005 at 03:07:09 Pacific
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The problem should be with some of the driver files related to the USB drive.

Pls. check the version of USB you are using and the OS version and verify its compatiability with each other.

Having the correct compatiable drivers would definitely solve this problem.


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