Mad Moe
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Just round at a mates house and he appears to be having a problem with his USB Ports. When attching his WiFi Dongle or USB Memory Stick it keeps coming up with something along the lines of 'the attched hardware has malfuntioned please reinstall the drivers' We've tried all that with no luck and it's happenign on every port.
Any ideas anyone?
[Edited on 08-03-2007 by Mad Moe]
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--Dave--
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are these USB ports on the front of the comp? If so he might have wired them up wrong. Check the connections going to the motherboard.
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Mad Moe
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Their are 2 on the front of the computer, 4 on the back and they all have worked fine until recently. The computer is from Mesh and it's only 3 years old. Really haven't a clue what's going on.
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--Dave--
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the ones on the back will be going straight into the motherboard.
The ones on the front of the case are usually wired to the motherboard and it's easy to get the connections mixed up
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Mad Moe
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I appreciate that mate but this machine has been unaltered from manufacturer and the USB ports have been working fine until recently
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--Dave--
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perhaps they're busted then. If you've tried re-installing the drivers then there's not much else you can do.
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Mad Moe
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Any ideas what could have caused them all to fail at once? Is it much of a job to replace them? Any advice or guidence is appreciated mate
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--Dave--
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have you tried all of them?
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Mad Moe
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Yes all keep coming up with the same 'malfunction' message
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JM Curdy
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i actually had that problem once before were everything i plugged into a usb port malfunctioned, i jus left it for a little while and plodded on until i rebooted my whole computer with a fresh install of windows and fortunately they worked again after that, could be windows software drivers or that thats caused it
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--Dave--
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and this happens on 2 seperate devices?
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Mad Moe
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Yeah on two seperate devices mate
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corsa.v6
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i have the same problem but with the mouse
it does my head in
im in the process of finding out so i will ask about this and let you no
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John
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Would really have to reinstall windows to rule out software problems.
If it still does it with a fresh install and latest drivers i'd start looking towards the hardware.
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