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PC suddenly not reading USB components [resolved]
This is starting to tick me off. Last night there was a power outtage (and yeah, I know how silly it is to not have my PC plugged into a surge protector) and when I turned on my computer this morning I found that any device that was plugged into a USB port was not functioning.
This includes my wireless adapter, mouse, and webcame. My keyboard is connected via ps/2 and it works fine. There's obviously power being supplied via the USB ports (I've got my cellular charging right now), and the mouse and wireless adapter work fine on my laptop.
Not sure what the problem is here, tried restarting the PC a number of times to no avail. Some insight would be very useful.
This is all on a Windows 7 machine, check out my specs for all the essentials.
EDIT: I rearranged my devices and was able to get the mouse to work. However three of the USB ports are still not working and the wireless adapter is showing up as "malfunctioning", despite being in perfectly decent shape and working on other computers. I don't have the disc, so I'll probably have to jump through a few hoops to reinstall the drivers. Will update to see if that fixes it.
FINAL EDIT [[Fix]]::: Disabling the USB Root Hub in the device manager was a temporary fix at best. Three of the ports remained nonfunctioning, and today when I had need of a flashdrive the transfer rate was horrendous (three hours for 5gb of files).
Looking into it further revealed that all that had to be done was disconnect the PSU from the wall outlet for a couple of minutes and then reboot. From what I understand this causes the mobo to reset, as it still receives power even if you've powered down your computer and are still plugged into the wall.
Now it's back at full capacity, just figured I'd update this in case anyone else finds themselves stuck in the same boat somewhere down the road.
Cheers,
---F
Last edited by Fetter; 01 Apr 2011 at 03:15.