USB DVD Writer flipping on/off in Win XP ?

[insanity]

I've got a USB external DVD Writer. When I plug it in Windows XP Pro
recognizes it and it works for 30 sec, then it unloads it (as if itwas
unplugged), then after five seconds it reloads the device (as if it was
plugged in again).

This keeps happening continuously. I've tried different ports, but the
other ports seem to be USB1.1 and the drive doesn't connect there. I
just did a fresh install of XP Pro (SP2). I tried it on SP1 and it was
having the same problems. The DVD Writer is a BENQ 1420 (external) and
I have a ASUS P4PE-X motherboard.

I have tried using the drive on my laptop and it works fine. So I know
its not the drive.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[insanity]

I've got a USB external DVD Writer. When I plug it in Windows XP Pr
recognizes it and it works for 30 sec, then it unloads it (as if itwa
unplugged), then after five seconds it reloads the device (as if it wa
plugged in again).

This keeps happening continuously. I've tried different ports, but th
other ports seem to be USB1.1 and the drive doesn't connect there.
just did a fresh install of XP Pro (SP2). I tried it on SP1 and it wa
having the same problems. The DVD Writer is a BENQ 1420 (external) an
I have a ASUS P4PE-X motherboard.

I have tried using the drive on my laptop and it works fine. So I kno
its not the drive.

Any help would be appreciated.

I wanted to clarify...When I say on on/off I really mean that WinX
finds it then it removes it, then finds it again...it keeps loopin
like this...there is no problem with power (which is hooked u
externally)

 

[Yves Leclerc]

You may still have a power problem but just with thre USB ports. Have you
considered a powered USB hub?

 

[insanity]

I don't think it's power related since it works fine when I plug it into
my laptop USB port. Since this was a brand new install I have not
installed any cd burning software..do you think that would help ?

I checked the bios and there isn't anything in there that is really
related to USB.