This morning an ice storm hit my house and the power went out. After it
was restored, my computer wouldn't boot because the setup menu was all
changed (hard drives not recognized, etc.) I restored everything but
now can't get the USB ports working. The driver is not found in Device
Manager.
If Device Manager won't tell you what driver it thinks it is using, then you
might use device manager to un-install the USB ports, re-boot, and let the boot
process see truly new hardware rather than what it likely sees as old
hardware for which the device driver is either missing or
the latest BIOS upgrade from your manufacturer. (be
VERY careful to get the right one!)
Good Luck!
- Brian
- Original Message -
From: Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [CGUYS] USB drivers missing
This morning an ice storm hit my house and the power went out. After it
was restored, my
' sequence or download the latest BIOS
upgrade from your manufacturer. (be VERY careful to get the right one!)
Good Luck!
- Brian
- Original Message - From: Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [CGUYS] USB drivers missing
This morning an ice storm hit my house and the power went out. After
Are these the ones onboard of your motherboard?
If so check and see if the Motherboard has some special drivers you
can install.
Otherwise it is possible they got zapped. That is one thing on USB
ports I notice, they are vulnerable.
Stewart
At 12:14 PM 2/13/2008, you wrote:
This morning
Yes, there is now no error message.
Brian Jones wrote:
Has your error message disappared?
- Original Message - From: Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] USB drivers missing
I followed your advice about unplugging the USB devices. I also
unplugged the power supply even
Now that my USB problem appears to be solved on my Windows XP desktop, a
further question. I earlier mentioned that I had to reset the Setup
because after the power failure there were no drives were found, the
date and time were wrong, the RAID controller had be switched on, etc.
I restored
All that looks OK but you may have a problem with the BIOS battery being dead.
You should not loose your settings that easily. I have had my system
shut down due to power failures (Sometimes weekly here) and not lost
my settings.
There is a pancake battery on your motherboard that may need
OK, I can open the case and try to find the battery. If I remove the
battery to see what it is, will everything be lost from the BIOS once
again? If not, how long do I to replace it without losing the BIOS
settings?
BTW, I ran Lavalys Everest and it reports no battery info. My computer
is
The newer batteries are in plain sight. Look for a battery that
looks like a quarter As long as you do not turn off the computer you
will not loose the info. It is there to keep the info intact when it
is not on. (Its purpose is to keep the CMOS/BIOS information intact
when the computer is
At 07:23 PM 2/13/2008, Robert wrote:
OK, I can open the case and try to find the battery. If I remove the battery
to see what it is, will everything be lost from the BIOS once again? If not,
how long do I to replace it without losing the BIOS settings?
The battery is almost certainly a
It won't help you in this instance, but you can back up and restore your CMOS
settings with:
http://www.sharewareplaza.com/CMOSSave-download_51631.html
I haven't used this version, but I have used an earlier version with good
success. Something everyone should do. A Google of CMOSSAVE will
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