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USB port failing to recognise

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suzi2

suzi2

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Mar 4, 2002
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I have 6 USB ports on my PC - 4 on the back and 2 at the front. Running Windows Xp (home ed)

The 4 on the back are giving me no trouble, however the 2 on the front are. They were working fine with my storage flash drive until I plugged in my Sony Clie for the first time. Since then the ports do not recognise if anything is plugged in. I have checked the device manager and the offending USB ports seem to be available for use and functioning correctly.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

 
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Check that the USB slots on the front are correctly connected inside of your computer. The leads may have come addrift.
 
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Thanks - sorry should have mentioned - I have opened up the PC and ensured that all cabling is firmly connected.
 
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