kosmic Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 hi guys, not reallt that clued up with pc's. ive encountered a little problem. my usb ports have been working fine up until yesterday where whenever i plug any of my gadgets,printers,usb keys etc it seems like the usb ports arent working. checked in device manager and it seems the ports are working perfectly well!! i cant use any of the usb ports??! any ideas?? (XP Home btw) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffvalenti Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 I assume you've tried re-booting the computer? If you've got USB ports on the front of the case, have you tried using them? Sometimes the USB connector at the back comes detached from the motherboard with all the constant plugging and unplugging. Sometimes a complete power down of the motherboard can do the trick, but this involves removing the battery and losing the bios settings, so make sure you know what they should be, or even better, write them down before you junk them If that doesnt work it sounds like a hardware fault, but if you've got a spare hard drive it would be worth doing a clean install of XP on it, just to eliminate any software issues. Just make sure that you disconnect your original hard drive, so you can't make any mistakes and format the wrong one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
400BHP Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 Have you got that poxy SP2 on your machine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosmic Posted January 28, 2005 Author Share Posted January 28, 2005 ermm actually come to think of it, it started happening after i installed SP2!! ive rebooted the machine, removed all spyware/adware, viruses and short of reformatting the machine cleaned up everything but still nothing. Both the ports front and back dont work. i think it may be sp2 thats caused this. is it possible to remove sp2?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
400BHP Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 start>control panel>add/remove programs remove sp2. run windows update after and install all the others but uncheck sp2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosmic Posted January 28, 2005 Author Share Posted January 28, 2005 thank Chris, ill try that tonight. si that causing my usb ports to not work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
400BHP Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 that SP2 is a big pain in the arse, it caused me all sorts of problems. it could be that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesupraboy2 Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 if you do that you may have to install the drivers for USB 2.0 if they are compatable as it took me over a hour to diagnose why my mum's werent working with some USB 2.0 devices. She had taken service pack 2 off and had taken the support Drivers off for it!! :doh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosmic Posted January 28, 2005 Author Share Posted January 28, 2005 oh dear! where can i get the drivers for the usb 2.0?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
400BHP Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 windows update site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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