Laptop is haunted

[Wed15septoid2]

So I own an Asus N550JV. Pretty typical stuff, i7 4700HQ, GT 750, 8GB RAM, 1 TB HDD, Etc. The issue is most likely with the actual operating system. 

The Issue:

97% of all USB devices act weird. When plugging in, say, an external HDD, it will show that it is installing the device driver/software. After that the device does not appear in explorer OR disk management despite being shown in device manager. When plugging in a usb sound card, it detects the device, but displays as not having driver software in device manager. Okay, so just install the driver software manually right? WRONG! All driver installs fail leaving all plugged in devices useless. The only device that ive gotten to work is my Xbox One controller over Micro-USB. 

What ive Tried:

Reinstall Windows - BIOS does not allow you to boot from created DVDs or USBs

Reinstall from within OS - Fails everytime at ~97%

Replace HDD with one with fresh windows installed - Not recognized

 

Any suggestions?

[NoRomanBatmansAllowed]

Pretty sure you can boot from USB. Not too sure about your problem, but you can at least try it again.

 

https://www.asus.com/us/support/FAQ/1008277

[ProjectBox153]

18 minutes ago, Wed15septoid2 said:

Reinstall Windows - BIOS does not allow you to boot from created DVDs or USBs

I've never run across a computer later than about 2001 that won't boot from USB, so perhaps you're doing something wrong. 

[Wed15septoid2]

30 minutes ago, bob51zhang said:

Pretty sure you can boot from USB. Not too sure about your problem, but you can at least try it again.

 

https://www.asus.com/us/support/FAQ/1008277

 

12 minutes ago, Jamiec1130 said:

I've never run across a computer later than about 2001 that won't boot from USB, so perhaps you're doing something wrong. 

Its not that it isn't an option, its that the bios doesn't recognize it as bootable even when using an iso mounting tool.

[NoRomanBatmansAllowed]

4 minutes ago, Wed15septoid2 said:

 

even when using an iso mounting tool.

What did you do to make the bootable USB?

[Wed15septoid2]

Just now, bob51zhang said:

What did you do to make the bootable USB?

ive used multiple tools, iso to usb, rufus, poweriso etc.

[samiscool51]

the system is haunted by a type of ghost called: broken chipset controller

rare to see in the wild and some say there is only 1-200 in the wild as of 2016

anyways, the chipset controller is what allows the system to communicate with outside devices (things like usb) and is the boot controller as well, even if you installed the chip drivers, your problem won't go away, it's broken on a hardware level

Edited May 19, 2017 by samiscool51