Canon A40 not recognized by front USB ports

[Jonestown]

I just purchased a Canon A40 and loaded up the driver, however, the computer doesn't recoginize the A40 when plugged into the front usb (Antec Easy USB port here). I've tested the front ports by hotsyncing my Palm using both front ports, and there were no problems. I tried hooking the printer up to the front ports, but it was never detected (the printer works fine when using the motherboard USB ports). I've tried to verify the pinouts using the info on the antec site and comparing it to the pinout identified on the ECS forum on amdmb.com. The pinouts look ok from what I understand.

I was able plug the A40 into the rear USB ports on my K7S5A and there were no problems whatsoever, just having problems with the front ports. I really don't want to use the rear USB ports every time I have to download pics into the computer, that's why I got the Antec Easy USB drive

I'm using Win XP Home with a K7S5A mobo (I know it's cheap, but this was my first mobo). Any help is greatly appreciated.

Jonestown

 

[amdskip]

Probably not gonna happen because for some reason those usb ports aren't getting enough power or something.

 

[Jonestown]

Would an add-in pci USB card work (even though I would have to go to the back of the computer). I guess I'm somewhat confused as to why power would be an issue, as only data is being transferred.

Would I be able to use a USB card reader with the current conditions and setup?

Thansk again,

Jonestown

 

[goog]

Yeah it could be a power consumption issue.

I have yet to find anything that will work on the 2 USB ports on the back of my MicroSoft Natural Pro Keyboard, I think it maxes out at 100 mA, my USB ethernet adapter needs 110 mA. My joystick and the A40 wouldn't work on there either, work fine on the main USB ports though.

It should work fine plugged into a PCI USB add-on card. The card reader probably wouldn't work in your setup either for the same reason.

 

[Jonestown]

Guys,

Thanks for the info. I emailed Antec tech support just in case, but it sounds like I may be hosed unless I get a USB pci card. Which just means that I plunk down the cash for a USB 2.0 card which wouldn't be all that bad.

Thanks for the help,

Jonestown

 

[Mday]

compusa has one on sale this week, usb2.0 pci

the font ports may not offer enough power