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Cant detect Kingston DTSE9 USB 16GB

Anonymous
2012-06-04T11:09:12+00:00

I have a Kingston DTSE9 USB 16gb that I have been trying to detect on my DELL XPS 15 L502X laptop. It works on every other system except this. I have tried all options to get it to work including the disk management assign drive letter option in which i get the error that the console view is not refreshed so drive letter cannot be changed. I need a solution for this as soon as possible because i need it for work related stuff at a daily basis. It works with every other desktop/laptop i've tried and multiple OSes but not here. Dried reinstalling the USB Storage device from device manager etc and all such tasks.

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-06-07T07:23:29+00:00

    Rather than using the Disk Management you should be able to do the same thing using the Diskpart utility

    simply throw the USB stick in

    open a command prompt (run as administrator)

    type Diskpart (will take a sec to start)

    then type "list disk" (gives you a list of all the attached drives, even if they don't have drive letters)

    if your 16gb kingston shows in the list

    type Select Disk ? (where ? is the disk number)

    then type assign (this assigns a drive letter)

    If it doesn't show, probably a shortcoming of that model of laptop, perhaps try a BIOS update, and also make sure that you can use other Large USB flash drives of a different manufacturer to test if it's specific to that type of USB stick.

    Hope this Helps.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-08-17T12:41:04+00:00

    I have a Kingston DTSE9 USB 16gb that I have been trying to detect on my DELL XPS 15 L502X laptop. It works on every other system except this. I have tried all options to get it to work including the disk management assign drive letter option in which i get the error that the console view is not refreshed so drive letter cannot be changed. I need a solution for this as soon as possible because i need it for work related stuff at a daily basis. It works with every other desktop/laptop i've tried and multiple OSes but not here. Dried reinstalling the USB Storage device from device manager etc and all such tasks.

    I have experienced the same issue with many Kensington DTSE9 keys. On some computers they do appear, on some they do not and sometimes they are unrecognized even on those where previously they worked. The fun is that the worst are aluminum MacBooks. I do not know what exactly causes the problem. I think it is a mistake of the key design. Not of missing drivers.

    The fix is easy. It is about finding the accurate position for the key within USB slot. The key should not be inserted in full. You should pull it back out by approx. 2 - 3 mm. And wait some seconds whether it shows up on the desktop. This way I can open Kensington DTSE9 on almost any PC around.

     Palo

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-11-11T19:33:04+00:00

    The fix is easy. It is about finding the accurate position for the key within USB slot. The key should not be inserted in full. You should pull it back out by approx. 2 - 3 mm. And wait some seconds whether it shows up on the desktop. This way I can open Kensington DTSE9 on almost any PC around.

     Palo

    Thanks to Palo,

    that helped me with my not recognized DTGE9 key (just the gold colored version of that drive). It was perfectly recognized in the beginning, but all of a sudden it was no longer recognized on my computer.

    Just didn't push it too deep into the USB slot and voila it worked again. Thanks for the advice Palo.

    Regards

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-01-26T13:55:47+00:00

    Thanks a lot, man. That did the trick. No drivers issue, no command prompt, no rebooting, no firmware vudu nor sophisticated procedures: simply pulling it back a bit. Definitely a flaw in the design. A pity, since it's such a cool pendrive.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-03-26T16:27:31+00:00

    Hi

    There is another possible cause: you, like me, may have purchased (in good faith) a counterfeit!

    My 'Kingston DTSE9 16Gb USB stick thingy' worked fine. I kept it on my key ring for those occasions when files needed to be moved around. Everything was hunkydory.

    I hadn't used it for ages, whacked it in the drive and copied a film for my partner.

    Between it coming out of my USB port and getting to a third party via my missus, the important inner workings of the device seem to have disappeared. The third party couldn't get it to work; others tried too.

    I've just spent an hour fannying about with command prompts etc (I'll remember that for the future, thanks all!) rebooting, trying it in another desktop PC and a laptop before having, quite literally, 'a lightbulb moment'.

    I decided to shine a torch down the end of the stick and found that the insides had fallen out!

    Ho hum...

    This might help somebody!

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