Проблема с USB flash накопителем

прикупил флэшку (рабочую, проверено в другом месте). Другие флэшки работают без нареканий.
Подключалось без удлинителей, во все разъемы )
ядро: 2.6.35-gentoo-r12 #1 Mon Dec 6 02:01:57 ALMT 2010 i686 VIA Esther processor 1000MHz CentaurHauls GNU/Linux

лог:

Jan 20 22:31:40 localhost kernel: usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
Jan 20 22:31:40 localhost kernel: scsi8 : usb-storage 1-4:1.0
Jan 20 22:31:41 localhost kernel: scsi 8:0:0:0: Direct-Access              Patriot Memory   PMAP PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
Jan 20 22:31:42 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] 15634432 512-byte logical blocks: (8.00 GB/7.45 GiB)
Jan 20 22:31:42 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Jan 20 22:31:42 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
Jan 20 22:31:42 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Jan 20 22:31:42 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Jan 20 22:31:42 localhost kernel: sdb:
Jan 20 22:31:42 localhost kernel: usb 1-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
Jan 20 22:31:42 localhost kernel: usb 1-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
Jan 20 22:31:43 localhost kernel: usb 1-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
Jan 20 22:31:43 localhost kernel: usb 1-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
Jan 20 22:31:43 localhost kernel: usb 1-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
Jan 20 22:31:43 localhost kernel: usb 1-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
Jan 20 22:31:44 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled error code
Jan 20 22:31:44 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=0x07 driverbyte=0x00
Jan 20 22:31:44 localhost kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB: cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00
Jan 20 22:31:44 localhost kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 0
Jan 20 22:31:44 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 0
Jan 20 22:31:44 localhost kernel: usb 1-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8

lsusb:

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 13fe:3600 Kingston Technology Company Inc.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

rmmod ehci_hcd помог, но это, разумеется, не решение. Что посоветуете?