I just wanted to follow up on two open issues I had. First, the USB hub finally bit the dust. No need to test any more......it's RIP time. Bought a new Belkin hub Saturday and all is working just fine. The little USB flash memory stick works great -- man, that's a nice little tool for moving data from one place to another. The one I bought is called EasyDisk and is a 250 MB size........perfect for taking files from Cincinnati to Scottsdale. It has my MNSoA <G> Regarding the CDR drive.........it too is dead! Have no idea what happened. It was only about 18 months old. I suspect that something happened to the optical reader. I could see the drive, it checked out OK in the System window, but it simply would NOT read anything. I fixed that too -- installed a new one Saurday and it's working great! Soooooooooooooooooo much faster too <G> Regards from the "Keyboard Cowboy", Master NetLord ,,,,, Ô¿Ô¬ Cincinnati, Ohio Scottsdale, Arizona «::::»¤«::::»¤¤«::::»¤«::::» Monday 07/22/2002 9:11:36 PM On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 10:01:02 -0400, rawhide101 wrote: > >Perhaps this will help. Cut to #4, #5 and #6 to avoid history. > >1. System is Win 98 SE, HP 8565 with Belkin 4-port USB hub >connected to rear USB connector of computer; front USB connector >isn't being used. > >A new hard drive was installed as drive C; after a few hours all >appeared OK. >Then a HP scanner was installed using the USB connector on back of >computer; >sequentially, a Palm cradle, a digital camera and a FlashLink card To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/