USB trouble with Epox 8K7A+...

[e_storm]

System is as follows:
Epox 8K7A+, 10/17/01 bios
512 pc2100, cas 2
XP 1700+
ATI Radeon 64 DDR VIVO
SB Live! 5.1 value
WD 40 gig 7200 hd
cheapo nic, modem
Win ME

I recently did a format and reinstall of ME. I had all kinds of problems getting Live! drivers to install, kept locking up (ggrrrr), but thats another story.

Anyway, I can't get the USB ports to work. I've tried installing the usb drivers a number of times and believe I have the most recent ones. I plug a usb device into the port and I get a message saying that i have to install the usb drivers for the port to work. I'm fresh out of ideas. The ports worked fine before the format. Any ideas?

btw.. I did check the usb settings in bios and they are enabled.

 

[OnDborder]

Was your board OC'd while you reinstalled?
I hear it is good to not be oc'd when installing windows.

 

[e_storm]

Was your board OC'd while you reinstalled?
I hear it is good to not be oc'd when installing windows.

No, everything was back to stock during the install.

 

[OnDborder]

Maybe try the new 2304 bios.
Did you have the same set up? Change any hardware?
If it worked before the reinstallment of ME, then it kind of sounds like a software/Windows problem.

 

[repo man11]

Have you checked out www.usbman.com? Might have the answer.

 

[e_storm]

Maybe try the new 2304 bios.
Did you have the same set up? Change any hardware?
If it worked before the reinstallment of ME, then it kind of sounds like a software/Windows problem.

Hardware all remained the same also. I figured its some sort of Driver type thing, but we'll see i guess . On a side note, you can pretty much forget gettting any worthwhile help from Epox support. I sent 2 emails, got 2 responses, both absolutely worthless. One was a form response not even acknowledging the problem, the second one clearly showed that they did not read my email thoroughly. And people wonder why customers always want to talk to a person on the phone for support, instead of going through phone prompts and emails lol. Guess thats the way things work

Repoman, thanks for the link, I'll check it out.

 

[rivercom9]

Thank god you made this thread. Im having the same problem with mine also. I see that its not good to be OCd when installing and thats what I did with this one here. So should I reinstall everything? Ill check out the link also, thanks repo_man.

 

[repo man11]

You're both welcome. It'd be even better if I could tell you exactly how to fix the problem, but I don't know. But that site has a lot of good info.

 

[rivercom9]

I figured out why mine wasnt working. It was so simple that I didnt think about it. I guess sometime when I was reinstalling, I must have accidentally disabled all of the USBs in the BIOS on the MB resulting in none of them working. Thanks for all your help again you guys.