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Shinta
06-13-2002, 01:45 AM
my friend is having problems again with their usb..

the motherboard supports 4 usb ports. 2 ports on the front of the system work fine. the 2 in back don't work at all.

i changed it from sis to universal and it's still having problems picking up usb devices.

he had problems with a usb printer being picked up in the back but it works fine in front. now he has an ms intellimouse explorer which picks up in front but not in back.

any suggestions?

ps. have also downloaded the sis usb patch for win xp

his current setup: athlon 1.4ghz, 256mb sdram, windows xp
BipolarBill
06-13-2002, 02:09 AM
You're not supposed to use a "universal" driver. You're supposed to change them to "Standard OpenHCI controller".

Do you see both controllers in Device Manager?
Shinta
06-13-2002, 06:01 AM
changed it to standard and still not working
BipolarBill
06-13-2002, 11:04 AM
Has he tried System Restore?
Ankerson
06-13-2002, 11:10 AM
Go into Device manager and uninstall all the USB devices and reboot the system. XP will reinstall them for you.

Check in the bois and make sure they are enabled too.
Shinta
06-13-2002, 03:16 PM
tried system restore, tried reformat, tried removing them from device manager.
draboo
06-13-2002, 10:35 PM
is it an epox 8kha or 8kha+ with a oc`d fsb?? read somewhere that upping the fsb on those boards raises havoc with usb reliability.
BipolarBill
06-14-2002, 01:49 AM
USB and OCing do not get along.
Shinta
06-14-2002, 07:51 PM
nope
BipolarBill
06-14-2002, 11:39 PM
Have your friend unplug all USB devices and run the XP repair. Boot from the CD and choose Setup > F8 > Install > Repair.
markiss
06-15-2002, 12:49 AM
I have a sis based motherboard and for me to keep USB installed and working I had to disable "USB support for Dos" in bios. Just a thought.
Shinta
06-15-2002, 02:05 AM
usb in dos is already disabled by default

ive tried to repair and there seems to be no problems to repair
BipolarBill
06-15-2002, 05:35 AM
You've done the entire repair process?
Shinta
06-19-2002, 03:59 AM
yeah :eek:
BipolarBill
06-19-2002, 09:37 AM
I would unplug all and reinstall from scratch. :(
Shinta
06-19-2002, 08:58 PM
yuck but i guess ill do that..

do u think i should check the wiring on the usb cables first?
BipolarBill
06-19-2002, 09:09 PM
That's always a good idea. Sam's Club has USB 2.0 cables by the pair for about $10.