USB ports work for mouse/keyboard but nothing else 3

[PortyAL]

Hi

Recently rebuilt my sisters PC after a faulty motherboard and power supply had been replaced. The system is working fine except for one issue:-

All USB ports work with the keyboard and mouse, but don't work for anything else, e.g. printer, camera, USB drive.

As far as I'm aware the replacement motherboard is the same as the orignal one, and the hard disk was not affected by the fault, so all original drivers are still present.

This is the first time I've built a PC as such, so maybe I've missed something simple.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

AL

 

[paparazi]

PortyAL
Go into the bios and look for reference to USB ports, make sure all are enabled.
Also if you have wired the front USB headers? make sure you have the VCC, Data-, Data+ and Ground correctly connected to the right pin outs.
Martin

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[PortyAL]

Thanks.

Will check that out.

AL

 

[macten88]

go into Device Manager>usb controllers>

double click on your Root Hubs and then click on Power. Mine all show 500mA available....

 

[dementg]

Does the computer lock up when it attempts to print or transfer files through USB? Some buggy USB controllers don't work properly and have the problem you've described - only working with really simple devices. I've experienced on motherboards with old VIA chipsets. If it's a board from the earlier days of USB, you might just need to get a modern USB card.

When I fixed this on my sister's computer, my research indicated that NEC chips work well, so I bought a card with an NEC controller on it and it worked perfectly. That was about 1-2 years ago though.

make sure you have the VCC, Data-, Data+ and Ground correctly connected to the right pin outs.

If the ports are working at all, then you probably have them plugged in correctly. Don't reverse the connection unless you're really sure it's wrong - you're likely to burn out the ports.

 

[wahnula]

PortyAl

Assuming the ports at the rear of the mainboard are the ones you are referring to, download & run the Autoplay Repair Wizard and run it against the problem drives:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...B6-E8FA-45C4-A171-1B389CFACDAD&displaylang=en

Best of luck

Tony

 

[PortyAL]

Thanks for all your advice.

Have not had time to check the PC as yet, but will report back in due course.

AL