Asus A8V-E Deluxe, can't make usb ports work

weiste

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Feb 1, 2005
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Hello all, I've just put together a computer:

Asus A8V-E Deluxe motherboard,
AMD 3000+
Kingston Valueram 256+256 Kit 400MHz DDR
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 160GB SATA drive
Club3D x300se PCI-E graphic card
Enermax 350w psu
1 DVD drive, 1 CDRW, 1 floppy
XP sp2

Everything got together all right except I can't get the usb to work. None of the 8 ports will respond, when an usb device insert to the port. That is, no light on with usb drive and card reader, which work well in other computer. I don't even get usb 1.1 to start with! What I've don't to try to solve the problem (without success):

-- installed all the drivers from the CD comes with motherboard
-- check bios, onboard usb and usb2 are enabled
-- installed xp sp2 and updates after sp2 released
-- check device manager, all usb controllers show normal working state
-- uninstall all usb controllers and "scan for hardware changes" which found and install drivers for all the controllers, but nothing changes
-- I'm quite sure all the usb connecters are correctly pluged, plus even the back panel usbs don't work...

... I really run out of ideas, could someone very kindly help?

PS: motherboard bought from e-bay, so returning isn't that easy if possible...

PPS: just noticed on POST in the second page PCI device section all the usb controllers are "NA", don't know what it means. Though windows device manager is normal.

Edit: just updated the bios to 1002, but it didn't help :(
 

Blake

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Nov 7, 2004
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In the Device Manager, check the Power Management Tab on the USB Root Hub properties. You may need to uncheck a box there to turn the power on.
 

weiste

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Feb 1, 2005
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Thanks for your quick reply!

Tried it but it didn't work though..

But thanks all the same :)
 

montag451

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Dec 17, 2004
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Was the mobo s/h?
Does it have any warranty mentioned in the auction?

Some sellers will honour their word after you have left them good feedback.
Some will go out of their way to make a punter happy.
Some won't