USB problem

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randomsquid · #16 Post by **randomsquid** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 7:36 pm

Have you tried unplugging them and sticking them in a different hole then turning the PC off and then back on?

XP sometimes gets the snarks with the whole USB thing and needs a prod to get the ducks lined back up.

BikerGran · #17 Post by **BikerGran** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 8:00 pm

Oh yes all the USB things have been tried in different sockets! Apart from the key board which has only had a couple of moments so I'm not messing with that!

randomsquid · #18 Post by **randomsquid** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 9:08 pm

I'd go with Pete's suggestion.

Sisoft Sandra to get the motherboard make and model.
Download and install drivers.

If that doesn't work you can bung in a new set of ports for 11 quid.

Startech 7 port pci usb card from Amazon.

BikerGran · #19 Post by **BikerGran** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 4:18 pm

I love the way you all think I understand gobbledegook! That's why I take it to the computer man - who, incidentally, could find nothing wrong!

So next time it plays up I shall just take it for a ride in the car! Maybe the moving about dislodged some dust or spiders webs etc!

Or maybe the printer is the problem - haven't plugged that in yet, I'm checking whether everything else works first - and it all appears to!

D-Rider · #20 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 5:24 pm

Ah but you grannies can baffle us just as easily with your jam recipes and knitting patterns ..... and leave us totally lost with your stories of what things were like when you were a little girl ..........

BikerGran · #21 Post by **BikerGran** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 5:50 pm

I guess he put this on a bench and tested it. I plugged things in and they worked - then pushed it back under the desk and they didn't.

And I can't get the speakers to work whatever I do - they were working before!

Ho hum, better find some more stuff to sell on Ebay - I think that new computer is going to be needed, this one is obviously just physically falling apart!

flatlander · #22 Post by **flatlander** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 11:20 pm

thats your problem something under the desk is interfering with it and pushing on the connectors ?

BikerGran · #23 Post by **BikerGran** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 11:46 pm

No there's nothing under the desk, I think it's just the actual moving of the computer - something's loose! (speakers are working now)

Aladinsaneuk · #24 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 5:55 am

would arricept help?

D-Rider · #25 Post by **D-Rider** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 9:40 am

Aladinsaneuk wrote:would arricept help?

If Arri Cept is her Latvian cleaner/gardener, I guess it depends whether such tasks are within his job description.

Aladinsaneuk · #26 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 9:54 am

she would probably forget....