KT3 Ultra 2 - USB memory disk causes BIOS problem (?)

Hi,
I have a MSI 6380E mobo and everything was fine until I installed this USB memory disk (Veritech TinyDisk).
It seems that, since I installed the drivers ( Win98 ) and software, it somehow managed to mess up with the BIOS.
Now, I can't access my CDRW any more ;(
When I go in the BIOS setup, it shows my DVD drive, HD and then a peripheral with only a list of numbers and no ID ?(
any help? ideas, suggestions?
thanks
Dushnock

Hi Maesus, and thanks for your time
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1. Is the PSU sufficient to power USB devices?
3. Did you enable all USB in the BIOS?
4. Did you try all USB ports on the motherboard as well as on the brackets and/or front panel?
I did try different USB ports, but my problem isn't with the USB peripheral, it's with my internal, IDE CDRW and my DVD.
Somehow, when I installed the drivers & software for the USB device, it managed to render my Yamaha IDE CDRW and MSI IDE DVD drives useless.
(I didn't know it was even possible).
please note, the USB device works fine it just screwed my other devices.
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2. Did you upgrade to the latest BIOS?
Not yet, I was actually thinking of doing it, and hoping it might (magically) solve the problem.
Will the BIOS recheck for all hardware after the update?
Presently, my BIOS shows an unidentified (only numbers, no name) IDE peripheral next to the working and identified ones.
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5. Did you try newer OS such as WinME, Win2K and WinXP? Win98 you MUST have Win98 SE and above, but still it is very bad in implementing USB.
I'm using Win98 SE and also Linux. Linux shows the same behaviour. I am using Win98 for games and some limited webbanking (and using MSI LiveUpdate, which doesn't work with Linux AFAIK).
I won't use XP, might use Win2k if it could play my games.
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6. Note that USB has three types : USB 1.0, USB 1.1 and USB 2.0. Which type your USB device belong to?
manual says USB 1.0/1.1
regs,
Dushnock

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