::USB Port Problem?::

Jade23Jade23
edited January 2005 in Hardware
I'm having a problem with my USB port on a Compaq with Windows XP. It will work sometimes, but not all the time...

HELP!?!?

Comments

  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    how can we help? It sounds like you already know that the port is dying....

    All you can really do is try to reinstall the driver for it.
  • maxanonmaxanon Montreal
    edited January 2005
    Is it intermittent with the same piece of hardware? How do you know that its not working?
  • Jade23Jade23
    edited January 2005
    maxanon wrote:
    Is it intermittent with the same piece of hardware? How do you know that its not working?

    It will sometimes detect the device, and other times not.
  • TrinityTrinity UK
    edited January 2005
    I have had a few instances where Windows doesn't always detect a device first off. Sometimes you need to install the drivers, then with the PC switched off plug in the USB device and boot up your computer to see if it will detect it.
    Sometimes you can plug in the device while the PC is switched on and it will detect it then you install the drivers. Its just the way it goes sometimes :rolleyes:

    Just a thought..if you've been working inside the case recently ...ie installing a new graphics card or something... you may have accidently caught the USB cable that connects to the motherboard.
    Might be a good idea to check just to be sure :)
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    Also make sure you are using Windows XP SP2. SP1 had some USB issues.
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