P7N Diamond USB Voltage issues?

Hey Bosskiller & AaronYuri,
Are either of you, or anyone else, aware of any USB voltage issues on this board? I recently bought a 32GB USB Flash drive that was failing bad out of the box. When I tried to boot into Windows Vista with the USB Key plugged in, Vista would give errors saying that the device was not recognized and has failed. I had to unplug the USB Key and plug it back in in order for it to work. Also I was not able to boot from it after creating bootable files on it using the MSIHQ USB Bootble Tool. During BIOS POST, the PC would hang at "Initializing USB Devices" for about 20 seconds and then eventually continue, having not recognized the USB device. I called up the manufacturer support and they suggested that the USB key was not getting enough voltage and had me try plugging it into different USB slots. Turns out that if I plugged it into my Monitor USB Hub it would work fine. Same is true if I plug it into any of the two lower USB slots on the P7N mogo (back of computer). Device fails if plugged into the upper slots or the slots on the front of the PC tower. I use other devices in the front and upper slots all the time without issue, but perhaps they require low voltage. Does this make any sense? Thank you.
Overspeed

Have you tried with different USB device to check if the similar problem will persist?

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