X100e won't boot from a USB combo.

I just got my X100e yesterday and found something quite surprising: I can't start my Drive in Plextor PX-610U USB combo.  The X100e is updated to the latest BIOS 1.27 and the Plextor is currently running firmware 1.03, and yet, regardless of the USB port it is plugged, the computer does not see the drive in the BIOS.  There is no difficulty to access the Windows 7 combo drive; the Player loads right up and I can access any disc inserted in it.  The Plextor boots successfully with X 200 my wife, the ASUS EeePC netbook and even the office, so the fault seems to lie with the X100e.

I tried to adjust the AHCI to compatibility, and it gave me the same results.  Yes, the media is bootable.  I have not tried to create a bootable USB key yet.

The question remains, what gives?  I'm not too happy that the USB key that worked for all of the other machines goes down with it.  Anyone have any ideas?  Thanks in advance.

I tried in the past, a standard CD-ROM drive connected via an adapter usb with the same result.

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