WHAT THE HELL? I have 6 USB ports, all of which SHOULD work perfectly fine ! I mean - my keyboard & mouse are clearly working, and they are both USB connected. I can't load up my SD cards, or memory sticks, even my Nintendo Wi-Fi Connector is a big no-no. WHY!? It makes even less sense considering the fact that I can connect my Bluetooth adapter (which uses a USB port) on any of the 6 ports. Can anyone help me, it's a real pain!
XP Proffesional. ==" that should've been in the first post !! Very. Although my latest attempts just get the big thumbs-down...
Try completely uninstalling your Bluetooth adapter (using the Device Manager), maybe it is interfering with the ports. I've had issues where even when a piece of hardware was physically disconnected, windows still allocated what ever COM or USB port it was plugged into for that device, and any device plugged into the same port afterwards would not work correctly. It's odd that your Bluetooth adapter works on any USB port, which makes me think the USB ports are working correctly and the Bluetooth adapter is causing the issue with the other devices.
Re: Computer won\'t Recognise USB devices? I doubt it - I've been using that Bluetooth adapter for about a year and a half now. Anything else i can do ? Post Merge: [time]1244200654[/time] ~BUMP!~ Guys this is really important, really need help with this !
Sometimes the USB slots in your computer get assigned to a certain peice of hardware eg a printer or mouse you may have installed on it once. Maybe the computer thinks that certain hardware is meant to be in that particular USB slot, so it will not recognise any other hardware that gets put into that particular slot, unless it was the same hardware that was installed to that USB slot. This has happened to me before, and I think this is the reason why it happened from memory. Anyway I hope this helps.
This happens when you install a particular device the first time on a USB or COM port. Then Windows recognizes that device to that COM or USB. But the next time you plug into a different COM or USB port, windows does not properly install or recognize the device. It happens with certain devices. If you install it properly using the install software with the device while plugged into the other USB or COM port it will work properly with that port as well. It happens all the time with me when I'm at work. I connect my laptop to numerous different machines through COM, USB, Ethernet, everything (I program Industrial Machinery). Cloudboi, I tried to help you but you refused to do what I suggested and instead said "I don't think that will work so I won't try it!" If the device is not plugged into your computer, it should not be on your device list. If it is on the device list it could be hogging your USB port to itself and refusing to let any other device use it.
