USB Port Problem on GX270 Mini Tower PC

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At work we have a gx270 mini tower pc that was ghosted with XP Pro (ghost
image may be for a gx270 slim line PC) The USB ports on the back of the
sometimes work and sometimes they don't, e.g.,
two different usb drives are used by the same user. Both drives are always
recognized per beep and the remove usb device icon that appears in the
system tray, but sometimes the drives aren't available and don't show up in
My Computer or Device Manager. Rebooting the PC will usually cause the USB
to be recognized. Any idea what's going on with the USB ports? Hiow can I
fix the problem?

Thanks,

Mike

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A small understatement. Unless the two computers have absolutely identical
chipsets, a ghosted image from one to the other is a very unreliable way to go.
I'll bet that the GX270 mini tower has at least one device with a yellow
exclamation point (or even a red thingie!) in Device Manager... Ben Myers

On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 11:46:16 -0500, William P.N. Smith wrote:

>"Mike" <wxyz09@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>At work we have a gx270 mini tower pc that was ghosted with XP Pro (ghost
>>image may be for a gx270 slim line PC) The USB ports on the back of the
>>sometimes work and sometimes they don't
>
>I'd (re)load the chipset drivers that apply to that motherboard,
>and/or use the Intel chipset identifier and get the latest Intel
>chipset drivers. Restoring an image to a non-identical machine always
>leaves you open to wierd stuff...
>

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Oddly enough, no errors in device manager. Now that I think of it there
are problems with the USB ports on the ghosted PCs with the correct image,
but the problem is different, i.e., got to reload USB drivers before the USB
port is active.

Mike

<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
news:4208f59c.24274210@nntp.charter.net...
>A small understatement. Unless the two computers have absolutely identical
> chipsets, a ghosted image from one to the other is a very unreliable way
> to go.
> I'll bet that the GX270 mini tower has at least one device with a yellow
> exclamation point (or even a red thingie!) in Device Manager... Ben Myers
>
> On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 11:46:16 -0500, William P.N. Smith wrote:
>
>>"Mike" <wxyz09@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>At work we have a gx270 mini tower pc that was ghosted with XP Pro (ghost
>>>image may be for a gx270 slim line PC) The USB ports on the back of the
>>>sometimes work and sometimes they don't
>>
>>I'd (re)load the chipset drivers that apply to that motherboard,
>>and/or use the Intel chipset identifier and get the latest Intel
>>chipset drivers. Restoring an image to a non-identical machine always
>>leaves you open to wierd stuff...
>>
>

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try going into
start-controlpanel-performanceandmaintence-system-hardware(tab)-devicemanager-
point to the computer name at the top of the list, right click, and choose
'scan for hardware changes'

<William P.N. Smith> wrote in message
news:04rh01l0i7959ir5qa305l78ggpbgbv85p@4ax.com...
> "Mike" <wxyz09@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>At work we have a gx270 mini tower pc that was ghosted with XP Pro (ghost
>>image may be for a gx270 slim line PC) The USB ports on the back of the
>>sometimes work and sometimes they don't
>
> I'd (re)load the chipset drivers that apply to that motherboard,
> and/or use the Intel chipset identifier and get the latest Intel
> chipset drivers. Restoring an image to a non-identical machine always
> leaves you open to wierd stuff...
>

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Will do.

Mike

"Christopher Muto" <muto@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:jtzOd.26860$W16.23414@trndny07...
> try going into
> start-controlpanel-performanceandmaintence-system-hardware(tab)-devicemanager-
> point to the computer name at the top of the list, right click, and choose
> 'scan for hardware changes'
>
> <William P.N. Smith> wrote in message
> news:04rh01l0i7959ir5qa305l78ggpbgbv85p@4ax.com...
>> "Mike" <wxyz09@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>At work we have a gx270 mini tower pc that was ghosted with XP Pro (ghost
>>>image may be for a gx270 slim line PC) The USB ports on the back of the
>>>sometimes work and sometimes they don't
>>
>> I'd (re)load the chipset drivers that apply to that motherboard,
>> and/or use the Intel chipset identifier and get the latest Intel
>> chipset drivers. Restoring an image to a non-identical machine always
>> leaves you open to wierd stuff...
>>
>
>
>

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Didn't see any option for USB power management under Power.
I'll look again Momday.

Yesterday I noticed the 512MB USB lexar media jumpdrive 2.0 pro
shows as a device in the "safely remove hardware" window but it's still not
visible in My Computer or Windows Explorer.

Mike

"Barry Drodge" <barry.drodge@nospamrogers.com> wrote in message
news:Xns95F8191AA654Ebd134492@216.196.97.142...
> You may also want to check the power management settings and see if the
> USB hub is set to power down with inactivity.
>
>
>
> "Mike" <wxyz09@yahoo.com> wrote in news:bPcOd.15975$uc.3857@trnddc08:
>
>> Oddly enough, no errors in device manager. Now that I think of it
>> there are problems with the USB ports on the ghosted PCs with the
>> correct image, but the problem is different, i.e., got to reload USB
>> drivers before the USB port is active.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> <ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
>> news:4208f59c.24274210@nntp.charter.net...
>>>A small understatement. Unless the two computers have absolutely
>>>identical
>>> chipsets, a ghosted image from one to the other is a very unreliable
>>> way to go.
>>> I'll bet that the GX270 mini tower has at least one device with a
>>> yellow exclamation point (or even a red thingie!) in Device
>>> Manager... Ben Myers
>>>
>>> On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 11:46:16 -0500, William P.N. Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>>"Mike" <wxyz09@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>At work we have a gx270 mini tower pc that was ghosted with XP Pro
>>>>>(ghost image may be for a gx270 slim line PC) The USB ports on the
>>>>>back of the sometimes work and sometimes they don't
>>>>
>>>>I'd (re)load the chipset drivers that apply to that motherboard,
>>>>and/or use the Intel chipset identifier and get the latest Intel
>>>>chipset drivers. Restoring an image to a non-identical machine
>>>>always leaves you open to wierd stuff...
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>