usb stick, can't mount

Tim ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au
Fri May 11 06:49:42 UTC 2007


On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 16:12 -0400, Michael Wiktowy wrote:
> I have had similar things happen when using the USB ports on the front
> of my machine (that connect through a long wire that runs by
> hard-drives and power supplies, etc to get there). Plugging directly
> into the usb ports on the back of the machine helped in my situation.

Unless the cabling is *really* bad, that short length oughtn't to be a
problem, nor it running past drives.  However, a common problem with
front mounted sockets is when the cable is grounded at both ends, and
USB sockets are coupled to the audio jacks.

I had a collection of nasty problems until I removed the front connector
board, split the grounds apart between USB and audio sockets, and
isolated them all from the chassis with a bit of tape and those
non-conductive washers you get when you buy a new PC case.  All those
connections were already grounded at the plug that goes into the
motherboard.

If you'd like to use the convenient sockets on the front, it can be
worth the bother of reworking the wiring.

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