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USB ports not recognized
Name: Nelson1008 Date: March 31, 2007 at 09:16:35 Pacific OS: Windows 98SE CPU/Ram: 233mHz/196mb Product: generic
Comment:
My USB ports are suddenly not working. In Device Manager, they've disappeared. I associate this with a recent event: a message popped up telling me I needed to replace my CMOS battery. I clicked "load default values". (I've since replaced the battery.) Could it have something to do with the BIOS? I note that in Advanced Chipset Setup, USB function is "disabled".
Name: Derek Date: March 31, 2007 at 12:45:10 Pacific
Reply:
It can do no harm enabling the USB function in BIOS to see if this sorts it out. You are probably right.
DerekW
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Response Number 2
Name: jboy Date: March 31, 2007 at 14:30:19 Pacific
Reply:
Sure seems like it - unless 'disabled' has an entirely different meaning.
If you want them to work, try setting to 'enabled'
I'm not one of those who think Bill Gates is the devil. I simply suspect that if Microsoft ever met up with the devil, it wouldn't need an interpreter.
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Response Number 3
Name: Nelson1008 Date: March 31, 2007 at 17:51:13 Pacific
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That's done it! Thanks for your help. Without some advice from others more knowledgable, I was afraid to change any of the BIOS settings.
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Response Number 4
Name: Derek Date: March 31, 2007 at 18:28:52 Pacific
Reply:
Good news, thx for feedback.
DerekW
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Response Number 5
Name: jboy Date: April 1, 2007 at 00:29:50 Pacific
Reply:
Well, (hopefully) now you aren't
Many integrated components (such as USB ports) are enabled/disabled via the BIOS - - those sorts of options are quite 'safe' to alter at a whim (and 'disabled' must have been the default for USB)
If you ever do render a machine unbootable due to an unwise CMOS setting, all you'd need to do would be to clear it, which returns everything to the default state
I'm not one of those who think Bill Gates is the devil. I simply suspect that if Microsoft ever met up with the devil, it wouldn't need an interpreter.
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