USB devices not readable on Apple M2 silicon, but work with Intel silicon

When I connect USB devices to my Macbook Air (Apple M2 silicon & Sequoia 15.3.2) I get the message "The disk you attached was not readable by this computer". If I attach the same devices, using the same cables, to a different Macbook Air with Intel silicon (also Sequoia 15.3.2), the devices are recognised without any problem.

This seems to narrow the problem to my Macbook Air with M2 silicon. Is this a configuration issue or a hardware issue? I have successfully connected these devices to the M2 Macbook in the past, although I have no record of the OS version I was using at the time.