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USB hard drive is not recognized

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choklate_007 Original post #1
Nov 26, 2006 at 12:16 AM
i have PIII 667, 256 Ram, xp pro sp2. I have attached an USB 2.5" hard drive. but the system does not shows it. usb ports however recognizes other hardwares like card reader, bluetooth, broadband modem etc. the same usb hdd works well with my laptop (PIV 2.0).
please help
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da_tcpip #2
Nov 26, 2006 at 9:06 AM
just out of curiosity .. does your motherboard support usb 2.0 ??
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choklate_007 #3
Nov 26, 2006 at 9:43 AM
i does not supports usb 2.0.