Epox 8k7a usb problems???

[ozzy0627]

Well im still having a little trouble with my epox 8k7a....i have to motherboards are both are doing the same thing....the usb ports wont work. I installed the drivers from the cd and that didnt help and i also downloaded the latest bios information... whenver i stick a usb device in it either shows the device and lets me install drivers but then on reboot it is gone .....or it says unknown device attached and puts a exclamation mark and wont let me manually install drivers.. Whenver I reboot it wont save any usb setting... I have a usb mouse, keyboard, and joystick....

My pc specs go as followed
icebox 1000 340 watt supply
109 degrees Far
1.4ghz 266 fsb / sk6 heatsink/fan
epox 8k7a
40 gig ibm 60x hd ata100 7200rpm
asus geforce 3 64ddr
512 corsair pc 2400 ddr
toshiba 16 dvd
linksys 10/100 network card
soundblaster live 5.1
2 rouned yellow ata 100 cables 1 rounded yellow floppy cable
7 case fans 1 exhaust fan 1 hardriver cooler

If you need any more info to help with this problem plz let me KNow!
I really want to use my usb ports....

 

[Jon]

Don't know if you've tried it this way, but some USB devices are little bastards.

Make sure you removed all drivers the USB device you're wanting to install. Reboot. Reinstall the drivers for your device. Shut down the PC. Plug in your USB device. Boot back up. It should detect the device and automatically install the driver from the driver cache.

Let me know how it turns out.

 

[Placid]

on the EpoX 8K7A/+ slot 1 and AGP shared, Slot 2 shared with raid or not shared if no raid, slots 3-5 are shared together with onboard audio, and slots 4-6 are shared together with USB.

Try to avoid sharing this may help.

 

[ozzy0627]

So are you saying I shouldnt put any pci device in slot 4 and 6??

 

[Placid]

Yes. try that.

 

[wild_andy_c]

FSB has a great bearing on the ability to use USB.

 

[DogWizard]

8k7a USB issues...AND a Solution....

I just spent a frustrating weekend trying to solve the same problem. I dropped a Tbird 1.33@266 on a 8K7A+, thought that all was well - then I loaded my stick and keyspan remote. Same thing you describe - It would initially install but on the reboot, all I would get was "unknown USB device". I thought I tried everything - different drivers, different PCI slots, etc. I finally cleared the CMOS and started from scratch. Proc showed up as a 900 (9x100). WHAMO! everything showed back up. OK, lets try 10x100. Everything still showed up. The problem I had was that the USB devices wouldn't show up at any FSB over 104!!! Even if I underclocked the proc (6x133), they wouldn't take a FSB of 133. To make a long story short, I kicked the voltage up a notch (1 step up from default) and that has solved the problem. I finally solved it and I have been rock solid ever since. Let me know how you make out...Good Luck!

Specs:
8K7A+
Tbird 1.33@1533 (haven't even started to push it yet)
Antec SX635
512 MB Crucial PC2100
Millenium Glaciator
MSI 64MB Geforce2 Pro
Phillips Acoustic Edge
IBM 30GIG ATA100 7200rpm
Teac 12x10x32
WIN98 SE
etc...etc...etc...

 

[TRANCER24]

I use a usb logitech optical mouse and havn't had any trouble with it all i did was enable usb mouse support in the bios and everything is dandy.

 

[Richard]

Changing AGP drive strenght to EE in bios solved any USB problems for me. (Asus A7V)

The thing I've noticed is that some genius decided to share the USB and AGP voltage. If you want more or less trouble free operation of USB devices; pick up a cheap self-powered USB hub.