I just got a usbkey and have been trying to use it in fedora. So far i haven't had any luck....here's what's been happening:

I start by typing
modprobe usb-storage

then i type
[root@localhost root]# lsmod|more
Module Size Used by Not tainted
usb-storage 76192 0 (unused)
audigy 79272 1 (autoclean)
ac97_codec 17192 0 (autoclean) [audigy]
sound 74292 0 (autoclean) [audigy]
soundcore 6468 7 (autoclean) [audigy sound]
sd_mod 13772 0 (autoclean) (unused)
parport_pc 19076 1 (autoclean)
lp 9060 0 (autoclean)
parport 37056 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
autofs 13364 0 (autoclean) (unused)
rfcomm 38016 0 (autoclean)
l2cap 19948 2 (autoclean) [rfcomm]
bluez 40324 1 (autoclean) [rfcomm l2cap]
ipt_REJECT 4344 1 (autoclean)
ipt_state 1080 1 (autoclean)
ip_conntrack 29256 1 (autoclean) [ipt_state]
iptable_filter 2444 1 (autoclean)
ip_tables 15776 3 [ipt_REJECT ipt_state iptable_filter]
floppy 58012 0 (autoclean)
sg 36492 0 (autoclean)
sr_mod 18168 0 (autoclean)
microcode 4700 0 (autoclean)
ide-scsi 12208 0
scsi_mod 108168 4 [usb-storage sd_mod sg sr_mod ide-scsi]
ide-cd 35776 0
cdrom 33728 0 [sr_mod ide-cd]
ohci1394 29160 0 (unused)
ieee1394 204676 0 [ohci1394]
keybdev 2976 0 (unused)
hid 24708 0 (unused)
ehci-hcd 20264 0 (unused)
usb-uhci 26380 0 (unused)
usbcore 79168 1 [usb-storage hid ehci-hcd usb-uhci]
thermal 8224 0 (unused)
processor 10712 0 [thermal]
fan 2496 0 (unused)
button 3692 0 (unused)
battery 7072 0 (unused)
asus_acpi 9820 0 (unused)
ac 2752 0 (unused)
mousedev 5556 1 (autoclean)
input 5888 0 (autoclean) [keybdev hid mousedev]
ext3 71300 2
jbd 52084 2 [ext3]
[root@localhost root]#

Afterwards i edit my fstab file by adding the line
/dev/sda1 /mnt/usbstick vfat user,noauto,umask=0 0 0

At this point i type the tail command and get the following output.
tail -s 3 /var/log/messages
Feb 21 23:30:55 localhost gconfd (root-4682): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/root/.gconf" to a writable config source at position 1
Feb 21 23:30:55 localhost gconfd (root-4682): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only config source at position 2
Feb 21 23:30:59 localhost xinetd[4697]: warning: can't get client address: Transport endpoint is not connected
Feb 21 23:31:08 localhost kernel: Creative EMU10K1 PCI Audio Driver, version 0.19a, 15:51:02 Oct 29 2003
Feb 21 23:31:08 localhost kernel: emu10k1: Audigy rev 4 model 0x1007 found, IO at 0xdf00-0xdf3f, IRQ 5
Feb 21 23:31:08 localhost kernel: ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id: 0x8384:0x7609 (SigmaTel STAC9721/23)
Feb 21 23:31:09 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-0-0
Feb 21 23:33:11 localhost kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
Feb 21 23:33:11 localhost kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
Feb 21 23:33:11 localhost kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.

Now i should be able to plug the drive into the port and it should be up and running. Instead here's what i get when i plug it in and type the tail command again:
[root@localhost root]# tail -s 3 /var/log/messages
Feb 21 23:31:08 localhost kernel: emu10k1: Audigy rev 4 model 0x1007 found, IO at 0xdf00-0xdf3f, IRQ 5
Feb 21 23:31:08 localhost kernel: ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id: 0x8384:0x7609 (SigmaTel STAC9721/23)
Feb 21 23:31:09 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-0-0
Feb 21 23:33:11 localhost kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
Feb 21 23:33:11 localhost kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
Feb 21 23:33:11 localhost kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
Feb 21 23:51:26 localhost kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:1d.7-7, assigned address 2
Feb 21 23:51:26 localhost kernel: usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=2 (error=-71)
Feb 21 23:51:26 localhost kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:1d.7-7, assigned address 3
Feb 21 23:51:26 localhost kernel: usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=3 (error=-71)

Despite this, i tried accessing the key through right clicking in gnome desktop, and i got an error message telling that line 10 in my fstab file was bad (that's the line i added).

I've also run fdisk -l and lsusb -v. fdisk just provided info on my hard drive partitions (nothing regarding usb) and lsusb -v gave ALOT of info, which i am not including because this post is already monstrously long. If anyone can help me here, it would be greatly appreciated

I don't know why, but typing
rmmod echi-hcd

did the trick, the key works beautifully now

Why did you think of doing that?