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Usb devices not recognized/Freeze Windows XP

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zefyx

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I've exhausted all things I possibly can with this HP ze2108wm.

I have two USB 2.0 port's, whenever I plug in a USB storage device(thumb drive, usb hdd, ipod) the laptop will freeze. If I plug in a non-storage USB device (gamepad, mouse) Windows will give me 'Unknown Device'.

The odd thing is, if I plug in a usb storage device, Windows freezes, if I unplug the device, plug it back in, and once again remove it, Windows will unfreeze, & any keys I pressed while Windows was frozen, are then activated.

Thus far, I have tryed:

a) safe mode
b) removing ALL USB devices within device mgr in safe mode & rebooting
c) all sorts of plugging, unplugging combinations
d) updating all system drivers
e) re-flashing current system bios & checking to make sure USB is enabled in the bios, to my surprise, the bios makes absolutely not ONE mention about USB.

I'm out of ideas, & I have a hindered laptop with absolutely no USB support, if you have any other ideas, please let me have them, I've ran out of options, Thank you!
 
That sucks... did the USB ports ever work? Did you buy this new or used? It might be that the USB controller is borked... Did you try connecting a USB hub, and then connecting a device to the hub? Shouldn't make a difference really, but it's an idea...
hmmmmm

good luck!
 
Windows XP Media Center Edition, however I removed all paritions, & did a clean install of Windows, same thing.
 
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