System shuts down suddenly when pen drive is connected to it.

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  PraveenKumar Purushothaman

  A few things I got from the Internet... 😀
  

  Dodgy power supply. The flash drive will draw power from the PC as it doesn't have its own supply. So - try another PSU.

  Could it be that movement of the USB "extension cord" at the back is disturbing a power cable or switch?

  The USB device was plugged into one of the front USB ports and someone must have kicked it because when I went to plug the device in again later on Windows XP came up with an error saying that the USB port was drawing too much power and to remove the device.
  The PC also started beeping continuously but did not shut down.
  Had to replace the USB cable and use a port on the back of the PC as the front USB port was damaged.

  Thats a short circut some place. You need to look at the PC very carefully and see what has moved or isn't sitting right. Had a customers PC doing the same with front USB ports, removed the USB ports from the PC, put them back - all fixed.

  Hope your issue is resolved... 😀
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  Sudha Warad

  When I connect USB data cable to the pc, the system works fine but it shuts down suddenly when I connect a pen drive to it. What might be the problem actually?
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  PraveenKumar Purushothaman

  Guess as one said, it would be an issue with the power supply in your board... Is this a problem with one USB port or all? Is this a problem with that particular pen drive or all?
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  Sudha Warad

  It works fine when USB cable is connected, but shuts down only when I connect a pen drive. I tried with 2 pen drives, again pc is shutting down.
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  PraveenKumar Purushothaman

  Try connecting the USB Pen Drives with an extension USB cord and let us know..,
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  Sudha Warad

  I'll try this. Thank you.😀
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  PraveenKumar Purushothaman

  Sudha Warad

  I'll try this. Thank you.😀

  If even in this case, you face the same issue, then the problem would be in your USB main controller, where it doesn't know to handle USB drives!!! 😲
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  eternalthinker

  Also, do try the USB pen drive in various USB ports in the PC.
  
  This might actually help you to pinpoint a single problematic USB port!
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  Sudha Warad

  @ET: All 4 ports are giving the same problem 😔
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  Sudha Warad

  @praveen : Is this problem with the USB drivers?
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  PraveenKumar Purushothaman

  I guess the main USB Controller has a problem. But yeah, try the extension method and say your results... I guess it is better to contact a trained system technician, before any other issues might arise!!!
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  Sudha Warad

  Ok, i'll contact DELL technical support and let you know the result. thank you 😀
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  narayana murthy

  i guess there is a virus in pen drive
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  PraveenKumar Purushothaman

  narayana murthy

  i guess there is a virus in pen drive

  Dude, don't say something funny!
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  narayana murthy

  Praveen-Kumar

  Dude, don't say something funny!

  hahahaha hey i faced that when i kept some pen drives
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  PraveenKumar Purushothaman

  narayana murthy

  hahahaha hey i faced that when i kept some pen drives

  Dude, seriously, I guess that girl needs some better solution instead of we talking nonsense... 😀
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  narayana murthy

  Praveen-Kumar

  Dude, seriously, I guess that girl needs some better solution instead of we talking nonsense... 😀

  hey if problem only exits with only with one pen drive then it may be virus
  if it exits with all the pen drives there may be many problems
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  PraveenKumar Purushothaman

  narayana murthy

  hey if problem only exits with only with one pen drive then it may be virus
  if it exits with all the pen drives there may be many problems

  She had already mentioned with ANY PEN DRIVE!
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  narayana murthy

  Praveen-Kumar

  She had already mentioned with ANY PEN DRIVE!

  sorry i didn't noticed that
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  Sudha Warad

  The problem is resolved. The device driver files were corrupted, after restoring the Operating System there is no problem with the system .
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  PraveenKumar Purushothaman

  Sudha Warad

  The problem is resolved. The device driver files were corrupted, after restoring the Operating System there is no problem with the system .

  Thats awesome! 😀
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  eternalthinker

  Sudha Warad

  The problem is resolved. The device driver files were corrupted, after restoring the Operating System there is no problem with the system .

  So all is fine!
  You should've repaired the OS before bothering about any more issues 😉 😀
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  Sudha Warad

  @et: Yeah, but last week itself I had formatted the pc, so I thought there won't be any issues with the OS.
  Later I came to know that the problem occurred due to device driver files, so I restored the Operating system, and the problem is solved.😀
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  PraveenKumar Purushothaman

  Ha ha... Awesome et!!! 😛