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USB Port Problems
I have a new (less than 3 months old) Compaq laptop running Win XP pro. I
have 3 internal usb 2.0 ports. I have plugged a 4-usb hub into one of those internal usb ports and use the hub to power an external hard drive, a CD burner and a printer. Last week I purchased a new hub – a step up to a 2.0 hub from my old 1.1. I plugged it into the port and it just worked, unpowered, great for about 3 days. Then I began to be unable to access the external hard drive. Gradually the performance of the peripherals plugged into the hub began to deteriorate until the computer didn’t recognize the hub at all. I decided to power the hub. After plugging in and booting up, all worked perfectly for a short while. Then performance gradually deteriorated again until at times the computer again failed to even see that port. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers without success. Performance has been very sporadic. The other night we had a storm and a power outage. Now the “bad” port doesn’t seem to work at all – even for a flash drive or other device. The other two internal usb ports work fine. If I plug the hub into one of the other two ports, it works fine. But I don’t leave it there for very long, because I’m afraid of developing the same problems with the “good” ports. After reading many posts, it seems that external hard drives are particularly prone to problems when plugging them into a hub. Does it just “burn out” a usb port somehow? Or do the drivers get corrupted? I don’t really even know if this is a hardware problem or a software problem. Any ideas on fixing this port would be appreciated. I hate to see my new computer losing port functionality. |
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USB Port Problems
Try going to the board mfg web site,download the latest chip set installation
utility. "Annie" wrote: I have a new (less than 3 months old) Compaq laptop running Win XP pro. I have 3 internal usb 2.0 ports. I have plugged a 4-usb hub into one of those internal usb ports and use the hub to power an external hard drive, a CD burner and a printer. Last week I purchased a new hub – a step up to a 2.0 hub from my old 1.1. I plugged it into the port and it just worked, unpowered, great for about 3 days. Then I began to be unable to access the external hard drive. Gradually the performance of the peripherals plugged into the hub began to deteriorate until the computer didn’t recognize the hub at all. I decided to power the hub. After plugging in and booting up, all worked perfectly for a short while. Then performance gradually deteriorated again until at times the computer again failed to even see that port. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers without success. Performance has been very sporadic. The other night we had a storm and a power outage. Now the “bad” port doesn’t seem to work at all – even for a flash drive or other device. The other two internal usb ports work fine. If I plug the hub into one of the other two ports, it works fine. But I don’t leave it there for very long, because I’m afraid of developing the same problems with the “good” ports. After reading many posts, it seems that external hard drives are particularly prone to problems when plugging them into a hub. Does it just “burn out” a usb port somehow? Or do the drivers get corrupted? I don’t really even know if this is a hardware problem or a software problem. Any ideas on fixing this port would be appreciated. I hate to see my new computer losing port functionality. |
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USB Port Problems
I'm sorry, Andrew. Can you be a little more specific for me, please? What
board manufacturing web site would that be and how would I find it? "Andrew E." wrote: Try going to the board mfg web site,download the latest chip set installation utility. |
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