Usb error , device can not be recognized.

[CursedChico]

I am using xp professional sp 3. Motherboard is gigabyte 8ipe1000g

Back 4 usb, front 2 usb. I dont use too much front usbs and i dont know if i connected correctly but i only charge my mobile and sometimes file transfer, and no problem.

For back usbs, i use webcam keyboard and external harddrive but always they give errors.

10 minutes ago , i could see webcam, harddrive in my computer. Now they disapperared. In device manager, there are 2 unknown device. If i take off and put another place, it can work. I tried a lot of times and sometimes it became succssfull.

While external harddrive was working, it was saying "writing was unsucsesfful and had delay."


How do i understand if drivers are defected or motherboard or my devices but i dont think my devices are defected.

 

[bassfisher6522]

I'm sure you're aware of the support drop for Windows XP as of April of this year (2014). That being said...looking at your mobo from gigabtye, the drivers are very limited. Although there are 2 showing, both from 2006, not sure if you're updated or not with them but worth checking. Then there are a few BIOS updates, the latest version being F5. Check and update if needed.

Otherwise it sounds like some system file corruption. If you have your repair discs, I'd load those up and run them to repair your system files.

Your mobo driver page..... GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Socket 478 - GA-8IPE1000-G (rev. 4.x)

 

[CursedChico]

Yes i installed those lan, chipset and audio 1 month ago.

Now it shows logicech webcam but can not recognize ext harddisk and says "can not recognize because one of usb s are not working." When i click device manager, it shows unknown device.

Also at front usb same. Can not show my phone but my phone is charging. And same error, recognize. I can not understand why unworking usb changes sometime sfront, sometimes back.

 

[bassfisher6522]

In device manager, where the unknown devices are shown, try right clicking it and then select update driver. In the next popup window select update from the web/internet and see what it finds.

When you installed the web-cam did you install the software driver package? Did you follow the advice about using your recovery disc's to repair system files?

 

[CursedChico]

In device manager, where the unknown devices are shown, try right clicking it and then select update driver. In the next popup window select update from the web/internet and see what it finds.

When you installed the web-cam did you install the software driver package? Did you follow the advice about using your recovery disc's to repair system files?

Drivers are updated,

WHen i connect webcam to down right, there is no problem. down left, not recognize, unknown device error. When i connect up left, it says this device can be faster in 2.0 usb. up right, on problem again.

I made one more turn and down left down right gave errors. Ups are ok. There is only keyboard and webcam now.

 

[bassfisher6522]

It's possible that those usb ports are going bad....it's rare that it happens but I've heard of it happening. You could try, in device manager, uninstalling all your usb drivers and then rebooting and letting windows reinstall them.

 

[CursedChico]

I did but still has problems. I cant solve.

 

[mmullen2]

This may be a BIOS usb initialization problem. Look at the USB info in the BIOS and see what it is set for (usually the choices are disabled, partial initialization or full initialization); also check that legacy usb 2 is enabled. Other than that I would suspect the usb host controller driver might need to be rolled back. You could uninstall the usb drivers and let windows redetect them.
My theory is "if it worked before, i should work now" , of course this is a theory not a proven truth. Good luck