New mobo, only 1 of 4 usb devices working??

[superman22x]

My latest idea was too buy a PCI usb port thingy, but are there any that have internel plugs to plug in all the little plugs that take things from like the front panel? The 9 pin things.

 

[superman22x]

Anyone know what I mean?

 

[ace777]

I know what you are talking about:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=6307445&st=PCI+USB+cards&type=product&id=1074787928138
If thats right then yah just drop the use of the ones that came with it.

 

[superman22x]

Well that's sorta what I meant, I was also looking for one with internal pins to connect something like the front panel USB too, cause my mobo came with a lil thing for the back that has 9 pins to plug into something like that but I dont think I really need it so NVM. I will just get a pci USB 2.0 card.

 

[connchri]

Another thing you could try. As your using a plug and play Operating System, let windows configure the devices instead of the BIOS by going into the Bios and selecting the OS as being Plug'n'Play compatible. By default its always set as the OS being non-P'n'P compatible so the BIOS usually set's all the low level settings such as IRQs etc.

It'll be surprising how this can affect problems. It's the only way I can have my WiFi card working, otherwise it shows up also with the same sort of problem.

Just a long shot, as I'm sure you've probably already done this, but make sure that servicepack 1 or 2 is installed, because a clean install of WinXP without a service pack has no USB2 support and if that is the case, it could be causing your problems.

 

[superman22x]

Next time I restart I'll try that.