USB NOT WORKING!

[spence55]

I have a very old Gigabyte  ga-8gem667 motherboard and I use as a home server. The usb was working fine, but one day it just stopped working. Weirdly there is power going through them still but no usb device will detect in windows or by the mb. I have checked the BIOS setting with a old PS/2 keyboard and usb controller is on, so it should work but it doesnt. 

 

Thanks

[Guest]

Try a different port?

 

Make sure it's plugged in the right way and you didn't jam it in?

 

unplug and replug it in?

 

Try a different computer?

[spence55]

Try a different port?

 

Make sure it's plugged in the right way and you didn't jam it in?

 

unplug and replug it in?

 

Try a different computer?

I have tried every port Available and I have re plugged it in several times and still nothing. Also I do not have another pc I can use. Any other suggestions?

[Spannerhands]

Did you try and use a USB keyboard? as you said you needed to use PS/2

[Guest]

I have tried every port Available and I have re plugged it in several times and still nothing. Also I do not have another pc I can use. Any other suggestions?

Borrow a pc from a friend? Go to a library? Gotta figure out if it's the USB or the computer itself that has the issue.

[spence55]

Borrow a pc from a friend? Go to a library? Gotta figure out if it's the USB or the computer itself that has the issue.

I have a laptop that I have tested the usb devices and they all work fine. 

[spence55]

Did you try and use a USB keyboard? as you said you needed to use PS/2

Nothing usb will work not even a keyboard and mouse, and I used the PS/2 keyboard to look in the bios

[Spannerhands]

Nothing usb will work not even a keyboard and mouse, and I used the PS/2 keyboard to look in the bios

 

What I was getting at is if your tried to use a USB keyboard in the bios that worked fine previously then I am sorry but the USB controller chip of the board is now dead... and I believe that board just has one USB controller on-board so using different ports wont work.

 

Fixes

 

Sometimes using USB headers off the board can work...

Put a USB card in the computer as they re only a few £... 

 

 

I have experienced this problem with boards in the past and found leaving USB sticks in for extended periods of time (like running a server that's on 24/7 for months)  kills the controller....

[Guest]

I have a laptop that I have tested the usb devices and they all work fine. 

Has to be your motherboard then. 

[spence55]

What I was getting at is if your tried to use a USB keyboard in the bios that worked fine previously then I am sorry but the USB controller chip of the board is now dead... and I believe that board just has one USB controller on-board so using different ports wont work.

 

Fixes

 

Sometimes using USB headers off the board can work...

Put a USB card in the computer as they re only a few £... 

 

 

I have experienced this problem with boards in the past and found leaving USB sticks in for extended periods of time (like running a server that's on 24/7 for months)  kills the controller....

 

What I was getting at is if your tried to use a USB keyboard in the bios that worked fine previously then I am sorry but the USB controller chip of the board is now dead... and I believe that board just has one USB controller on-board so using different ports wont work.

 

Fixes

 

Sometimes using USB headers off the board can work...

Put a USB card in the computer as they re only a few £... 

 

 

I have experienced this problem with boards in the past and found leaving USB sticks in for extended periods of time (like running a server that's on 24/7 for months)  kills the controller....

Thankyou, never thought about a pci usb card