Yeah, all that info you give kind of points to an electrical short somewhere in the case. It could be a lot of places - it's pretty common for the back of the motherboard to be contacting metal if he forgot to use rubber washers on the screws. Or it could still be the switch. But maybe since the prob only seems to be with the front USB ports it's possible it's just one of them contacting the metal on the case.
I dunno how comfortable you are inside the case, but I would try looking in there and maybe removing those front USB headers and re-installing them carefully - making sure there's no metal to metal contact. If they're in a drive bay it should be easy - even if they have they're own cut-out it wouldn't be that hard to reach in there undo the screws that hold them in. An alternate thing you could try would be get a USB extension cord - or even a hub - and leave it plugged into that port. Then just plug your camera, etc, into the hub or extension. Then you wouldn't be plugging stuff into that bad port. Of course you might still have the prob when you use the hub - I dunno - but it might be worth a try. Good luck, Donk pekoe4849 wrote: > Right. The USB ports are on the PC. This is a computer that an idiot > built for me two years ago. I had it a month or two and had to replace > the power supply myself. I'm not home, but I think I got a 400w. > Eventually he discovered the problem was the power cord shorting out > and replaced it. No problems since. I used to have this same USB > problem back then too, but I don't remember what the cause was. I > guess he fixed it. At that time however, it didn't put the monitor > into sleep mode, it powered off the computer. > > Just before Christmas I installed a new video card and another memory > stick. I have two USB ports in the front of the box. These are the > ones I plug my camera, etc. into (that caused the problem). I have the > following USB things plugged into ports in the back: keyboard, mouse, > scanner, HP printer, and external hard drive. > > Does any of this help? > > I'll check the BIOS settings when I get home today. > > Thx, > D. > > > ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [email protected] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [email protected] Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
