usb drivers?

ms4383

ms4383

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hi guys, just got new hard drive since old one went bust, set up fine and booted winidows ok.
however......
none of the usb devices are working (mouse, external hard drive, wireless router)
im assuming this means that the usb drivers went wrong in windows installatipon. is there any way to sort this out without reinstalling windows? could i just repair the installation?
cheers
 
theres the problem, cant get online without my wireless usb router. also cant download it onto another laptop then transfer via a usb hard drive. could it be on the mobo's driver CD? i just assumed it would be a windows issue not a mobo issue?
 
Is the XP or?
Any USB things in device manager?

I'd be carefull with USB drivers unkess it's a host controller.
See here..

Windows XP

Microsoft Win XP USB 2.0 drivers are included in Service Pack 1.

Service Pack 1 which includes USB 2.0 support for Windows XP is available at the Windows Update Site.

 
Yeah, it probably is on the CD. It is a Windows issue. You need a bit of software that will interface with the hardware.

What does it say about your USB setup in Device Manager?
 
sorry should have said. its XP service pack 2.
theres no Universal Serial Bus Controllers thing in the device manager. no usb thing of any kind. so we thinking windows reinstall?
cant get online to update or download. cant transfer via hard drive. tried using mobo's cd.
anyone know if i could do it via the recovery console? i dont know the command?
cheers
 
oh and i know the cd's fine, have used it before on another rig. so the files arent missing from the CD itself, im thinkin just the installation. sorry guys im jsut being lazy trying to avoid another dull 2 hours watchin it install. any last ideas before i go ahead?
much appreciated
 
and its not on the mobo cd. just browsed around and it has a file on usb2.0, but says that as microsoft gives it, they dont. go to website blah blah blah.
 
What motherboard do we have here?
You can often clean them up in device manager by deleting them, but strange you can't see them.

You should only need drivers if you have XP SP2 if it's some strange host controller windows doesn't know.

Not seen one in ages.
I suppose you have all USB options turned on in the BIOS?
 
its an abit ip35e. strange thing is system worked fine when i first built it with another hard drive. then that went bust (was salvaged from old rig) so i only just put in the new one and installed windows again. the only thing thats changed is the hard drive, and as i cant see that affecting the drivers the only thing i can see it being is an installation problem.
not sure about the bios, although i havent changed anything so i dunno how they would have come to be turned off. where exactly would i look to check they're on? im reinstalling windows now without formatting the hard drive so hopefully this will work. if not ill try formatting and starting from scratch (a royal pain).
thanks for the help tho, and just point me in the right direction of the usb bios?
 
I just read....

Re: IP35E Constantly Rebooting itself

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Yea i looked at it under the BIOS In The OnChip PCI Device -> USB Function's Menu. the USB Operation mode only has two settings High speed or full/low speed. is too enable usb 2.0 somewhere else that im missing..? currently i have it on high and it's acting like i's being it's on a non speed plug....

I know that there is an issue with the last Intel chipset drivers causing USB problems but afaik that normally manifests as USB failing to work at all (this doesn't affect just abit mobos but in general) - there is an MS Kb article.

Lets see what I can find.
 
when he says ip35e constantly rebooting? mine double boots on start up but i asked around here and someone posted a link saying that it was a bios issue that could be resolved with a beta bios. anyway its not of great importance apart from maybe frying components in the long term due to the double power surge. is this what hes talking about?
however the whole 'missing a usb' thing in bios sounds promising. thanks for all the help guys. i jsut cant work out why everything was fine with the old hard drive. trying to repair windows now.......c if that helps
 
The double boot thing is "normal" on this board.

I think most just live with it, but it can be fixed with a BIOS update....see here.

Thats up to you really..I feel I'd have to fix that myself.

I found a thread here on USB problems.
i know thats a Pro, and he can see them in device manager it seems.
Can you see anything USB in system devices?
 
no nothing in device manager on usb. my rigs formatting at the moment so i cant check what is there, but it seemed much smaller than usual, like there may be a few things missing? cheers for the link i'll have a look (and i would change the bios if i could get online lol).
i also found a link with a usb2.0 driver download, i thought prehaps i could download it on another system, burn it to a cd and then run the cd in my new rig? an option if reformatting fails i thought?
 
hmmm, link seems related but as i cant unistall any usb devices since theyre not there at all im still left with the problem. hopefully this format and reinstal will work, will let u guys know. as always thanks for the help, where would we be without OC
 
Don't install any old USB drivers.

We see a lot of people on here that have installed USB 2.0 drivers that come with motherboards, and then have no USB 2.0 support.

If you look at the IP35-E driver page, there are none listed for USB.
Have you installed the INTEL Chipset Driver?

That has USB stuff in it.
Once that has it's driver, the windows ones do the USB.
USB often comes from host controllers.....its just not all USB, but the chip needs to be told what to do.
 
still no joy

right, have reformated and reinstalled windows. still no joy.

any ideas????

ive installed all mobo drivers. all graphics drivers. windows has been installed twice. but there is no usb bit in the device manager!
 
JUST A THOUGHT!
when i installed the new hard drive i had a bit of work gettin it in. possible that something came loose. what could come loose that would make the mobo not detect any of the usb slots???
 
ms4383 said:
JUST A THOUGHT!
when i installed the new hard drive i had a bit of work gettin it in. possible that something came loose. what could come loose that would make the mobo not detect any of the usb slots???
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I suppose it's possible, but you'd have to damage something major I reckon.
You got rear ports and ones on the board.

Thiniking...this board is USB bootable...got a USB key?
 
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