all usb ports not communicating

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I have 4 usb ports, computer not communicating anything plugged into them
BUT the green light on my memory card reader is on. It was all working before
a recent thunder and lightning storm. How can I reset them to communicate

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They are internal and show as working properly in device manager. Is it
possible a surge from lightning poppedsomething inside? They are still
providing the power to the usb devices, just not any communication.

"AmericanTechie" wrote:

> Are the USB ports integrated on the motherboard? In other words are the USB
> ports on the tower or are they external? Did you install these USB ports
> yourself? In any case the thing to try would be to look in the device
> manager to see if your USB is in fact installed. The USB ports will appear
> under Universal Serial Bus Controllers in your device manager. If they do
> not show up, or if there are some funky question marks or exclamation points
> then you might have a problem with them.
>
> In some cases you might have to reinstall the ports. In other cases you
> might have to enable the USB ports on in the system BIOS. In a worst case
> scenario you could even pick up a new PCI card for the USB. This might be
> desireable if you have older USB ports and want to take advantage of the USB
> 2.0 speeds.
>
> Let us know how it turns out or if you need more help!
>
> --
> http://www.americantechie.com
>
>
> "philber" wrote:
>
> > I have 4 usb ports, computer not communicating anything plugged into them
> > BUT the green light on my memory card reader is on. It was all working before
> > a recent thunder and lightning storm. How can I reset them to communicate
> >

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I have done that twice. All are re-installed in device manager but still no
communication. I have 4 ports on 2 separate cards. I am using a clone

"NoNoBadDog!" wrote:

>
> "philber" <philber@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:018266AC-CCB2-4AFA-8713-F1D15BBD016C@microsoft.com...
> > I have 4 usb ports, computer not communicating anything plugged into them
> > BUT the green light on my memory card reader is on. It was all working
> > before
> > a recent thunder and lightning storm. How can I reset them to communicate
> >
>
> Simply remove the USB Ports in Control Panel, Make sure no devices are
> connected to them, and reboot. Windows will redetect the USB ports. Plug
> in your devices again. Please post back if this helps or not.
>
> Bobby
>
>
>

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After sticking his head out from his XP firewall, Sparda had this to say:

> "" wrote:
> > I have done that twice. All are re-installed in device manager
> > but still no
> > communication. I have 4 ports on 2 separate cards. I am using
> > a clone
> >
> > "NoNoBadDog!" wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > "philber" <philber@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:018266AC-CCB2-4AFA-8713-F1D15BBD016C@microsoft.com...
> > > > I have 4 usb ports, computer not communicating anything
> > plugged into them
> > > > BUT the green light on my memory card reader is on. It was
> > all working
> > > > before
> > > > a recent thunder and lightning storm. How can I reset them
> > to communicate
> > > >
> > >
> > > Simply remove the USB Ports in Control Panel, Make sure no
> > devices are
> > > connected to them, and reboot. Windows will redetect the
> > USB ports. Plug
> > > in your devices again. Please post back if this helps or
> > not.
> > >
> > > Bobby
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
> In that case I would say they are perminantly broken, you would have
> to replace the mother borad or get a PCI USB card.
>
I'll bet dollars to donuts there is nothing wrong with the OP's motherboard.
It is XP that has screwed up. Seen it before, too many times.


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