975x Platninum Power Up edition - Cant get USB 2.0 to work.

[JeridJohnson]

I recently built up a PC using this board.. Overall I am pretty stoked with the performance but like many others using this board I seem to be running into some problems..

USB 2.0 does not seem to work.. I have not attached my device to all the usb ports yet but the system did a scan to find high speed usb ports and said there were none. Looking in the BIOS it shows that USB 2.0 controler is enabled.. I have installed Win Xp Pro and all express patches up to date.. Any ideas on why this is not working?


Also, I have another issue wich is less important to me.. When I boot the machine I get to the screen where it says to press F1 to boot or DEL to enter the Bios.. How do I set it to simply boot straight to windows? I suspect there is a setting but I dont seem to be able to find it.. nor do I see it in the mobo manual..


P.S.. nice forum y'all got here.. lots of good info.

Cheers,
Jerid

 

[jaguarskx]

USB 2.0 does not seem to work.. I have not attached my device to all the usb ports yet but the system did a scan to find high speed usb ports and said there were none. Looking in the BIOS it shows that USB 2.0 controler is enabled.. I have installed Win Xp Pro and all express patches up to date.. Any ideas on why this is not working?

I'm curious as to how you performed the scan for high speed usb ports. I would simply plug in a USB 2.0 device and look at the transfer rate.

Also, I have another issue wich is less important to me.. When I boot the machine I get to the screen where it says to press F1 to boot or DEL to enter the Bios.. How do I set it to simply boot straight to windows?

Do you notice any error messages? It usually pauses like that when errors happens.

 

[JeridJohnson]

I'm curious as to how you performed the scan for high speed usb ports. I would simply plug in a USB 2.0 device and look at the transfer rate.

I pluged in a USB backup drive.. The OS poped up a text box off of the hardware icon in the sys tray stating that it was a high speed device and that I should connect it to a high speed port.. click here to see available ports.. upon clicking it, it showed me a list of USB ports and stated that none were set to USB 2.0.. The good news is that while I was gathering documentation and screenshots for this issue to post here I found that there was a driver error on one of my USB devices listed in Compuer Management | Hardware | USB Controllers.. I had the system repair the driver and it seems to have corrected the problem. Data tranfers are smokin fast and the system does not complain about needing a USB 2.0 port...

Do you notice any error messages? It usually pauses like that when errors happens.

You nailed this one.. I had a 3.5" disk drive enabled but not installed. This error was halting the auto boot.. Disabled the drive in the BIOS and it boots straight up now..

Thanks for you help.

 

[kugi]

lol, my mobo has the same problem.

i just steal my mom's keyboard when i need to get into the bios :lol:

 

[ThaCriminal]

Yeah this motherboard doesn't support usb keyboards until you boot into the OS which I find quite annoying.

 

[jaguarskx]

Yeah this motherboard doesn't support usb keyboards until you boot into the OS which I find quite annoying.

I am using the Saitek Eclipse USB keyboard. I have no problems getting into the BIOS. I'm not sure why people are experiencing problems with USB keyboards.

 

[kugi]

all ports work for you?

im using the g15 keyboard

 

[jaguarskx]

all ports work for you?

im using the g15 keyboard

Yes, all 4 USB ports on the back of the MSI 975x mobo allows me to get into the BIOS after pressing the DEL key. I press the key repeatedly and quickly for a couple of seconds.

The BIOS is version 7.0 which is the standard BIOS that shipped with the mobo.

 

[Granite3]

Probably that lcd screen on that G15 pulls more power, and has to wait till xp allows it more juice.

What is the difference between the power up edition, and the platinum version 2.0?

 

[kugi]

i think its the bios version but i dont know. they look the same to me.

 

[jaguarskx]

What is the difference between the power up edition, and the platinum version 2.0?

No difference. It's the same motherboard.

 

[vladtepes]

I recently built up a PC using this board.. Overall I am pretty stoked with the performance but like many others using this board I seem to be running into some problems..

USB 2.0 does not seem to work.. I have not attached my device to all the usb ports yet but the system did a scan to find high speed usb ports and said there were none. Looking in the BIOS it shows that USB 2.0 controler is enabled.. I have installed Win Xp Pro and all express patches up to date.. Any ideas on why this is not working?


Also, I have another issue wich is less important to me.. When I boot the machine I get to the screen where it says to press F1 to boot or DEL to enter the Bios.. How do I set it to simply boot straight to windows? I suspect there is a setting but I dont seem to be able to find it.. nor do I see it in the mobo manual..


P.S.. nice forum y'all got here.. lots of good info.

Cheers,
Jerid

Found similar kind of problems using an USB keyboard and ps/mouse. The mouse didn't work in Windows. Changed the mouse to an USB one. But if I want to get into the BIOS setup I must use a PS/keyboard. Seems like a design flaw

 

[kugi]

Probably that lcd screen on that G15 pulls more power, and has to wait till xp allows it more juice.

What is the difference between the power up edition, and the platinum version 2.0?

in windows, i try to plug in a usb device into my keyboard. but it says it excessed the power limit.

WTF

 

[Seekr]

Also, I have another issue wich is less important to me.. When I boot the machine I get to the screen where it says to press F1 to boot or DEL to enter the Bios.. How do I set it to simply boot straight to windows? I suspect there is a setting but I dont seem to be able to find it.. nor do I see it in the mobo manual..

From the BIOS make sure you set the 'halt on errors' to everything but keyboard, mouse, and diskette. If that doesn't do it, you might have a more serious problem.

As for the USB thing.. I got a different issue with that. Mine keeps freezing everything when I try to hook something up when the USB 2.0 drivers are active (front side only). I can only use them with the slow USB 1.1 standard now unless I hook everything on the backside which is very inconvenient for some devices.