portable dvd

acepro71 · October 5, 2013

ok i have a portable dvd it works fine on my old pc and netbook

but on my new pc it only works on the usb 3.0 ports and not on any other usb 2.0 ports the light turns red which indicate its not getting enough power

the thing is i only have two usb 3.0 ports and they are in the back of my case and its pretty difficult as the dvd rom cables are short so i bought http://prntscr.com/1vctz5'

i thought this will fix my problem but it didn't flash drive works great with this cable on the port bu not my dvd rom it wont even detect it ...

any ideas ?

i re installed usb drivers

tried different settings in bios

i dont know what to do now please help :!

portable dvd ~http://www.buffalotech.com/products/optical-drives/mediastation/mediastation-8x-ultra-slim-portable-dvd-writer

T.Vengeance · October 5, 2013

What? How can it run on USB 3 but not USB2 even though the site specifically said it's USB2.

acepro71 · October 5, 2013

What? How can it run on USB 3 but not USB2 even though the site specifically said it's USB2.

i dont know ... i cant figure it out thats why i am asking

it runs fine on my old pc and laptop they only have usb 2.0 ports

Vassili62 · October 8, 2013

Enable Legacy mode in the BIOS for USB 3 and it will allow USB 2 devices to work with the ports. If there is no option in the BIOS then your motherboard may not be able to use USB 2 devices with USB 3 ports, though 9 out of 10 devices should have no issues.