Well, have tried several times to correct this but never have been able to. Have an Inspiron 8000 with Windows XP-Pro. In device manager the Universal Serial Bus controllers are installed and the driver is Intel(r)82801BA/BAM USB Universal Host Controller-2442 and no yellow marks appear. I have tried many different devices in both slots and each are found as new hardware but cannot be identified and are not unusable message is displayed every time no matter what I tried to use. I have head this problem for years and not sure they ever worked since I purchased this laptop. But now I need them. Anybody out there they can tell me the fix for this? Devices are sure found with no problem. Last device I tried tonight was a Microsoft USB mouse that on all other systems requires no drivers at all to work.
Thanks!
Assuming you already tried to delete the USB ports already and reboot?
Ok, uninstalled and had no devices in the ports. Rebooted and windows picked them up again and installed them again and with same driver. No yellows again in device manager. Tried 3 different MS USB mice and get the same message:
USB Device Not Recognized
One of the USB Devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned and windows does not recognize it. For assistance in solving this problem click this message.
If I click the message it tells me no driver is installed for this device. But all the laptops I try these mice with pick them right up and they work. This is the problem and message I have gotten since I bought this laptop and originally it came with Windows ME. Bought a new HD a year or so ago and did a clean install of Windows XP-Pro that I bought from Dell. Wasn't an upgrade but full install version.
You may have gotten the problem originally with a defective motherboard as USB devices should be picked up with any OS from W-ME upward. With W98SE, I have a Myson-Century driver I use, and they work fine with that OS also.
Just bought a USB flash drive for Christmas! I already have a Linksys wireless PCMCIA card installed and it works great. I have had good luck with this laptop but truthfully I have seen some newer Dell laptops with many more problems than I ever had. I appreciate the advice. Have been considering a Sony laptop and may just take the plunge since this is an old one anyway.
You could try a PCMCIA USB card. The C800/Inspiron 8000 boards gave some problems which may be the result of cold solder joints. I have one I use for a bench machine with an external monitor that has a Bad RAM slot from that cause apparently.
I tend to agree with you. When I first got this laptop I didn't use any USB devices and in fact never really liked them as they seem to always have problems. I first noticed this last year when I bought a cooling board with 3 fans that the laptop sits on and powers using the USB ports. It would not power up on my laptop. Had to use an ac adapter to make it work. But just had nothing else to use so forgot about it. Now I have a USB flash drive I want to use and looks like it isn't going to happen. This board is the original and never had problems with the board. What throws me is when I plug in a USB device it is picked up right away and then I get the message as I posted last post. Wonder why they seem to work but cannot recognize the device? If it is a board problem then I am out USB ports!
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