Flash Voyager doesn't like neighbours.

[Dredj]

I have an 8Gb Flash Voyager I purchased a little over a year ago. I bought it because I needed a way to transfer and store save files from my PS3, and it also came in handy for everything else too. I started using Windows Ready Boost but eventually stopped and my Flash Voyager has been sitting underneath my monitor ever since.

So what's with the "Flash Voyager doesn't like neighbours" you might have wondered upto this point. Well, I wanted to use Windows Ready Boost again, but my motherboard only has 4 USB slots, 3 which are is use. They are positioned in 2 rows of 2, like just about every other motherboard out there.

So the ultimate problem is that my Flash Voyager is TOO FAT! it literally forces my other usb port device to a side and at a scary angle, and the Flash Voyager is barely entered the slot, so I stop trying for fear of damage or breakage.

Flash Voyager is a beautiful stylish design but simply is not practical and is a bully to other USB devices. The problem is the rubber coating and the shape. Image these brackets on their side (). Although primitive you can see that it gets fat in the middle, it's that fat in the middle where it starts forcing other USB slotted devices aside.

I've had a look over the Corsair website and the "Padlock 2" also has the same design and therefore the same problem.

This could be due to my motherboard having unusual spacing on USB ports, but I don't know. For referance my motherboard is an Asus Crosshair.

Thanks for reading, and if a Corsair rep reads this, please me know

[Agent]

http://www.corsair.com/products/voya...i/default.aspx

Buy the smaller version then?

[Dredj]

http://www.corsair.com/products/voya...i/default.aspx

Buy the smaller version then?

I don't even know if they were released at the time. If they were then my local shop, a little place called www.novatech.co.uk did not stock it.

[mrt9888]

You could use a short usb extension cable.

[PeterStoba]

http://www.corsair.com/products/voya...t/default.aspx could be useful? £15 iirc.

[Yellowbeard]

A USB hub could be useful also. What you are describing is typical and especially so on the MOBO mounted USB ports. They are by necessity VERY close together as there is not a lot of extra space on an I/O panel.

[Dredj]

A USB hub could be useful also. What you are describing is typical and especially so on the MOBO mounted USB ports. They are by necessity VERY close together as there is not a lot of extra space on an I/O panel.

Hi, Yellowbeard. So you see that the 2 series of USB Memory sticks I mentioned have a design flaw by themselves?. Sure there are ways to get around it but I just want the stick and not spend more money so I can use the stick

Thanks for your reply.

[leepen@scan]

I use one of the USB header to Back Panel Bracket adaptors for my Readyboost drive, got a USB scratch disk on there too, plenty room/spacing

Most of us have tons of these USB header to 2x USB port back panel bracket adaptors as spares from various builds - check your spares box!

[Dredj]

I use one of the USB header to Back Panel Bracket adaptors for my Readyboost drive, got a USB scratch disk on there too, plenty room/spacing

Most of us have tons of these USB header to 2x USB port back panel bracket adaptors as spares from various builds - check your spares box!

I threw it all away about 2 months ago :> I only have a small box now with screws and spare assortments of leads, there MIGHT be a USB expansion panel in there..

But still, as a business model I don't think it's a very good idea to produce something that doesn't work by itself when it is suppose to.

[Yellowbeard]

Hi, Yellowbeard. So you see that the 2 series of USB Memory sticks I mentioned have a design flaw by themselves?. Sure there are ways to get around it but I just want the stick and not spend more money so I can use the stick

Thanks for your reply.

It's not a design flaw of the drives. First, we have no control over how closely MOBO makers space out their USB ports. Second, the housing on a Voyager is designed to protect the drive while being as small as possible and still covering the memory, controller, and PCB.