USB not working..?

[kevinm]

i am running Windows XP Home with SP2. i just did a clean install (was previously running windows 98 SE), and my USB doesn't seem to be supported. It is On-board USB... here are the computer specs (using PC wizard 2005):

Mainboard: "Unspecified" VT8367-8235
Chipset: VIA KT266/333
Processor: AMD Athlon XP @ 1529 MHz
Physical Memory: 256 MB (1x 256 DDR-SDRAM PC2000 @ 142 MHz)
Operating System: Microsoft windows XP Home Edition 5.01.2600 Service Pack 2


when i use PC Wizard 2005, it says the mainboard is 'unspecified' and that there is no USB present.

i know i am using a Syntax Mainboard, but i'm not sure of the model. the USB worked before, when i was running Windows 98 SE. i can't seem to get any info on the Syntax motherboard from the manufacture website..

any help would be appriciated.

Thanks.

 

[CheesePoofs]

Did you install all the drivers that came with your motherboard?

 

[kevinm]

if i knew what my exact motherboard model was, then i'd have already looked.. but my friend told me that Win XP should have automatically installed the USB drivers and any other drivers my mainboard needs..

so to answer that question-- No, i did not manually install any drivers as of yet. i am not in posession of any software that may have came with my mainboard (i am a third-party buyer, meaning someone else bought the parts and built the unit, and i payed for expenses), but since have formatted my hdd and re-installed a new OS... any reccomendations? my only problem so far is the USB, everything else works as usual.

thanks.

 

[sharad]

If your motherboard has a VIA chipset then you should download and install VIA drivers.

http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=2

 

[AristoV300]

:disgust: Try using CPU-Z to find out what your board is then we can set you in the right direction to get your chipset driver.

 

[ahurtt]

Make sure that you have turned on / enabled the USB ports in the BIOS if it has such a setting. If you disable the hardware at the BIOS level, it is as if that device is not really installed in the system and windows will not see it. So make sure the BIOS does not currently have the USB set to off or disabled.

 

[grooge]

Check in your BIOS to see if any of your USB are disabled and then, check in device manager for any sign of USB drivers.

USB2 need WinXP sp1 to fully work. If you see them, with a yellow !, then try to update the drivers and let windows to pick the new device and install the drivers for

 

[kevinm]

ok, i got it working! it was disabled in the BIOS. d'oh!


thanks to everyone who replied, i appriciate it.