I really hope one of you brillent minds on this board can help me ok here goes I recently installed a new SOYO k7vdragon plus MOBO with a AMD xp 1800 chip at first everything worked fine until I installed a patch for an old game I found called SINISTAR (simple space shooter nice)after this I noticed logitech wingman USB game pad no longer worked then i noticed no USB ports or devices worked ,I tried every thing on SOYO web site enable USB in bios ,upgrade bios ,reinstall drivers ,remove devices from device manager uninstall game ,even reinstall windows NOTHING worked I am lost please someone help me ,the majority of my external devices are USB I am stuck without them please help .The computer also has 2 cdrw drives and 2 hard drives. This board was the first time my MS intillimouse optical ever worked on the USB and I had it for over 2 years I was so happy to get rid of the PS2 adaptor now THIS ,I dont know how much power USB devices use but could my 300 watt power supply possibly not be enough for this setup ,I originally had a athalon 1300 on a gigabyte GA7DX with no problems except no USB mouse support ,please some one offer a suggestion I am stomped, oh yeah there is also a SMC 1211 series network card in there with a PNY gforce 3 ti200 card THANK YOU in advance for any help...........LIVE LONG MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS :-)

1) Make sure the device is plugged in
2) Unplug it
3) go into your bios setup and restore
defaults
4) plug it in
Freddie

Lionel,

What operating system are you using?

Mesich

I am using windows 98se -------Freddie thanks for the idea but no luck so far.

Try this patch. I will not be on here for a few hours but try it and post back.

USB PATCH FOR WIN98SE

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Mesich

Thanks alot Mesich but no change ,I really appriciate you taking the time to help though thanks ,any other ideas.....

I just noticed something else I am not sure if it is of any importance but the light on my optical mouse does not go out after I turn off the computer only after I pull the plug there is also a LED on the board that does the same but according to the manual this is normal (for the LED that is not the mouse ) ...peace.

Lionel,

I know you have removed and reinstall the drivers but what is listed in the Device Manager under Universal Serial Bus Controllers?

I do not believe the 300 Watt power supply is the problem. You would have many other problems than just the USB ports.

While your looking in the Device Manager also ensure that in the Properties for each that Disable in this Hardware Profile is NOT checked and that Exist in All Hardware Profiles IS checked.

Post back.

Mesich

ok new news ,upon removal of my board I found what I believe to be the problem , now how it happened is beyond my limited knoweledge---on this mother board there are two on board USB connectors USB 3&4 and USB 5&6 the little circuits around USB3&4 are BURNT OUT I originally had the front USB ports connected to the USB 3&4 from day 1 these were the only ones in use Mesich any ideas what may have caused this .

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LIONEL

Lionel,

OHHH! Give me just a few and I shall be right back.
Wanted to let you know I am still with ya.

Mesich

You are using an extention bracket that goes where an expansion card would go and the cable from the extention bracket goes to the USB connection on the motherboard.
Is this correct?

Mesich

yep

Sorry no actually the USb ports fit in a 31/2 slot in the front face of the computer case and from there plug into the MOBO.....

The USB Expansion Card on the PC it's associated cable or one of the devices has a short and resulted in the high current to burn out the resistors around the connection on the motherboard.

What was the last devices connected to the USB Ports?
Check out there cables.
Normally a device will go bad and not short out unless the cable is damaged or something is spilled on the device while it is connected.

Sounds to me like something like a glass of water was spilled onto the USB device while it was connected or the cable was damaged causing a short to burn up the resistors on the board.

I would not trust the Expansion Card at this point either as it may be damaged.

Look for any evidence in the cabling or on the USB Devices.

Post back.

Mesich

No damage that I can see on the cables and no liquids were spilled ,but a possibility that the game pad cable might have gotten in a very tight spot between the computer desk and the sliding keyboard tray----any suggestions for socket A mother boards ,Wow I am still in shock I have had this board less than a week and now this I mean it still works but I have noticed some glitches for example when I plug the game pad into the regular game port the computer refuses to boot the power led will come on and thats it ,I now have to HArd reboot alot at least every hour..LIONEL

Lionel,

Let's just say it was nothing to do with spilled liquids on the USB Device or the Gamepad that was pinched.
Try and take the board back and tell them it is bad.
The local shop I deal with here has no problems with that as the board is under warranty.

I would do it as you will only have problems from here out.

Mesich

Thanks alot for all you help I will take your advise and return the board ,thanks again this message board and the people on it are truly a god send keep on helping on my friend ......LIVE LONG

lionel

Take care and post back with the
results of the new board and such.

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Mesich