blue screen of doom - from USB flash memory cards

[Steve]

My Dell Inspiron 8600 with Win XP home has developed a bad symptom. Most
times, when I plug in a USB flash memory stick or PCMCIA flash memory card,
the PC goes to a blue screen. I must then force a reboot. It didn't used
to do THAT! What's gone bad?

Thanks,
Steve

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Steve,

Tough to tell, but this is a place to start:

General USB Troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310575

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org