HAY GUYS

Contracts · Aug 23, 2007, 12:55 PM

I had tried plugging something in my mothers USB port on the back of her computer. It seems as if the port either got loose once I plugged this in, Or was already loose and me plugging it in had done whatever damage it's stuck doing now. The PC constantly beeps and freezes at start up, Meaning it's not possible to get to any sort of menu, So I took a look on the mother board and the USB Ports are attached to the mother board (In a silver like container thing); This means that if it's possible to remove this (I don't know how this works) we'd lose the internet port (We do have another ethernet card to replace this if thats what it comes to). Regardless, Can anyone steer me in the direction of how to fix this, Or more so whats going on and if its fixable? (So this way I can bring it to a technission of someone I know)

Jam it back in, in the dark.

janus zeal · Aug 23, 2007, 02:02 PM

Sounds like the USB port got shorted and fried the USB bus. taking off the ports isn't going to help at all because the circuit driving them is on the mainboard.
You might have to buy another mother board. They are about 20-50$ for a cheep one.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

**RacinReaver** · Local time: Aug 23, 2007, 12:13 PM

Is there some way he could disable the USB ports in his BIOS?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

LiquidAcid · Local time: Aug 23, 2007, 08:53 PM

Deactivating hardware in the BIOS most of time doesn't disconnect the device from the PCI-Bus (or PCI-E). So it will be still detected (and used) by any operating system booting up (which has it's own drivers to operate the hardware).

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janus zeal · 03:14 PM

Originally Posted by LiquidAcid

Deactivating hardware in the BIOS most of time doesn't disconnect the device from the PCI-Bus (or PCI-E). So it will be still detected (and used) by any operating system booting up (which has it's own drivers to operate the hardware).

Most of the time if the device is disabled in the BIOS windows cannot detect it. Disable your sound card and see if it appears in the device manager on your next boot. The only exception to this I know of is floppy drives.

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Maybe the USB port its-self is still lose and is shorting out the USB bus?

I was speaking idiomatically.

LiquidAcid · Local time: Aug 23, 2007, 10:22 PM

@janus zeal: I don't use Windows

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Contracts · Aug 23, 2007, 04:53 PM

Thanks for the help everyone, But I cannot disable anything at all; It loads up and in this PC's case a "HP" Screen comes up and says "Press F8" for Bios Menu (Atleast I think it's F8) and thats when the beeping happens and it stays at this screen not allowing you to do anything.

FELIPE NO

janus zeal · 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by LiquidAcid

@janus zeal: I don't use Windows

Linux wouldn't detect it either. It's disabled at the hardware level.

lols, I don't use windows either.

Originally Posted by Contracts

Thanks for the help everyone, But I cannot disable anything at all; It loads up and in this PC's case a "HP" Screen comes up and says "Press F8" for Bios Menu (Atleast I think it's F8) and thats when the beeping happens and it stays at this screen not allowing you to do anything.

Call HP, tell them what happened. Is there a warranty?
If not you're looking at a new mother board.

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