For some reason I can't make my Plug and Play Bios extensions work. SO when I hook up a USB device nothing happens. Any ideas because I'm out of them...
Straight_ManGeeky, in my own wayNaples, FLIcrontian
edited November 2004
Ok, two things:
IF this is only USB, which Windows version is this, and if this is XP (or for that matter any Windows version), did you ever have to reload it???
If you had to reload it, did you happen to not put the motherboard drivers(motherboard CD or motherboard mfr website, preferably a look at the website) into Windows for USB (chipset drivers)??? Next, in BIOS Setup, if this is an older USB device, does it have an option for legacy USB and is that enabled??? And if it is not and you did have it enabled before, check time and date per BIOS, see if BIOS dumped a bunch of settings and has a telltail bad time and date due to a BIOS battery dying and bunch of settings being defaulted (legacy USB can get turned OFF under those circumstances)-- in fact, check that time and date thing anyways unless you told BIOS to load default settings, in which case you might not only have settings not best for your machine but also no older USB support running in BIOS.
It's gotten to be a principle with me: "when things go weird with BIOS settings, look at time and date in BIOS-- if that too is off, R&R CMOS battery (typically every two-three years for my customers, the CMOS cell needs a $2.00 replacement stuck in, THEN BIOS settings have to be recustomized)...."
OK thanks for the help. Apperently the drivers didn't load for the Enhanced Host Controller, I have no idea why.... The last time I used my USB port was BEFORE I upgraded to SP2 so that might have done something but who knows. Either way I got it now, thanks.
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IF this is only USB, which Windows version is this, and if this is XP (or for that matter any Windows version), did you ever have to reload it???
If you had to reload it, did you happen to not put the motherboard drivers(motherboard CD or motherboard mfr website, preferably a look at the website) into Windows for USB (chipset drivers)??? Next, in BIOS Setup, if this is an older USB device, does it have an option for legacy USB and is that enabled??? And if it is not and you did have it enabled before, check time and date per BIOS, see if BIOS dumped a bunch of settings and has a telltail bad time and date due to a BIOS battery dying and bunch of settings being defaulted (legacy USB can get turned OFF under those circumstances)-- in fact, check that time and date thing anyways unless you told BIOS to load default settings, in which case you might not only have settings not best for your machine but also no older USB support running in BIOS.
It's gotten to be a principle with me: "when things go weird with BIOS settings, look at time and date in BIOS-- if that too is off, R&R CMOS battery (typically every two-three years for my customers, the CMOS cell needs a $2.00 replacement stuck in, THEN BIOS settings have to be recustomized)...."