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My USB Ports don't work anymore! Plz help

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by davidhye, Feb 8, 2007.

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  1. davidhye

    davidhye Regular member

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    UPDATE = last post

    hi, nobody replies in Windows discussion,so i thought to come here, since it's basically more related to the problem

    ok, so all of a sudden - BAM! they don't work nomore
    everything seems normal in device manager... and I just reinstalled drivers and still same thing..
    can plz anybody help?

    here's is thread, I created at Gamespot - I had some advices but they didn't work for me

    http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/464382
     
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    does all the usb ports have that problem? can you check to see if have power thru them. do they work in safemode?
     
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    i have two on the back and they are both not working
    the front ones - i accidentaly cut the wire long time ago lol
    so try the safe mode? ok i will do it right now

    EDIT: doesn't work
     
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    nope - same - they don't work in safe mode either..
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    possible you blew a fuse or circuit but will still show up as working in windows. do you have or can get a hd to load just windows on without any service packs to see if it is a hardware or software issue.
     
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    how do i do that?
     
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    do what? we'll leave it til morning as i'm going to bed as it is 2:07am here.
     
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    ok tomorrow
    my question was how do i get a hard drive to load just windows on without any service packs to see if it is a hardware or software issue

    oh, you mean clean install?
     
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    yes on clean install as windows will load it's own drivers except for usb2 but will work as an usb1
     
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    oh my god... so i need to create another partition and install windows on it... so much work!
    is it an easier way to find out?
     
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    i said on a spare hd. uninstall all the usb's in device manager & restart windows so can load it's own drivers.
     
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    oh my bad. i did it already... it's in the link i posted from GS
    i did that and it still didn't work
     
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    so what about a spare drive? do you have or can get an usb keyboard as an experiment to see if can possibly work in the bios but make certain usb keyboard & mouse enabled on dos side before trying usb keyboard.
     
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    nah, man. unfortunately i don't have anything usb...
    only webcam, printer, usb wire for camera/mp3 player.......
    nothing wokrs. (i didn't try webcam though)
     
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    anybody, por favor?
     
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    spare hd?
     
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    you want me to change a hard drive to see if it's gonna work?

    sorry - i'm immigrant, bad english :p
     
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    if have a spare hd, use it in place of your current c: drive to load windows on. have to see if it is hardware or software issue.
     
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    no, unfortunately I don't = only broken one....
    well, i guess there is no other way to see.. so I would just til october when i'll build new computer
    it would be just hard to print everything through my sister's laptop...

    well, if there is nothing left - thanks for help..... again, ddp
     
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    just to clarify - there are no other ways to see what's broken, right?
     
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