got a laptop for 60euro the laptop is great its a fijitic siemens series c laptop. its a good laptops works great but just found out the usb does not work what do I do I bought this for my sister and she needs a usb working. can it be fixed ?
Could be a driver problem, could i have the full model number of the laptop and i should be able to find some.
you need to re-install the chipset or motherboard drivers. The manufacture website should have them if there not too old.
i'll try and install the firmware now I didnt think of that damn. let you guys know how I get on. it only has 1 usb port its running xp 10gig hard drive celeron processor 300mb ram. it runs great but Im freaking out the usb does not work. i;ll do the firmware now and see what happens guys
I was thinking that DDP but if it is a chipset or motherboard driver problem the card still won't work.
the card will probably work as most likely it uses different chipset then that of laptop. remember it can be an actual hardware issue as in blown usb fuse or circuitry as seen that & fixed on regular motherboards. neo, what does it show in device manager for usb? is there any exclamation marks in device manager? what does it when a usb device is connected?
so tried yesterday and today noting it would not work at all. so went out and got a 4 usb slot hub. plugged it in and threw that it work ? what the hell windows is unreal like. after installing xubuntu linux on the laptop and its running great thanks so much lads. I am gettin use't to linux and learning what versions work with different systems and which suit and which dont suit. Its a learning experience but the whole time learn linux and helped me and shown me the way on how to work with there system. Have to say Im so glad Ive made the switch to linux last month and Ive been spreading the word ever since and giving people the discs and people are giving good feedback and are loving linux and have left windows in the dust. Hail Linux Forever sail we use your system
linux mint mate its the most multi media version of linux and runs incredible you can use if from the cd for as long as you want and if you like how it runs you can install it. after you install linux you can install a program called virtual box and you can put windows on it and dual boot them. http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/linuxmint.com/stable/7/LinuxMint-7.iso
if your system can't handle that linux. download linux mint 5 lite. its a less graphic version of linux. mint Im using it the last 2 months no viruses no spyware IM happy.
