I have recently had a few gremlins in my PC. as soon as I cure one, along comes another one. This one involved the USB ports on the mother board and the front USB ports along with my Mitsumi floppy drive and 7 in 1 card reader. Manufacturer MITSUMI Model Number FA402A Supported Operating Systems Windows 98 SE, 2000, Me, XP, Mac OS 8.6 or higher Capacity (Mb) 1.44Mb / Depends on media Supported Media 3.5" Floppy, SD Card, MMC Card, MicroDrive, Memory Stick, Smart Media, Compact Flash This is a link to take you to a image of the aforementioned item.http://www.macavoyt.freeserve.co.uk/FLO-MIT-FA402A.jpg Outlined below is the current and up to date configuration of PC. Computer: Computer Type ACPI Uniprocessor PC Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition OS Service Pack Service Pack 2 Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 (IE 6.0 SP2) DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c) Computer Name SN030202120580 (Terry Home) User Name Terry Macavoy SMTP E-mail Address terry@macavoyt5.wanadoo.co.uk Logon Domain SN030202120580 Date / Time 2006-08-27 / 14:54 Motherboard: CPU Type Intel Celeron D 346, 2333 MHz (23 x 101) Motherboard Name ECS P4M800-M7 (3 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 CNR, 2 DDR DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN) Motherboard Chipset VIA P4M800 Pro System Memory 1024 MB BIOS Type AMI (10/19/05) Communication Port Communications Port (COM1) Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1) Display: Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 6600 (256 MB) 3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 6600 AGP Monitor LG L1750G [NoDB] (1603131820) Multimedia: Audio Adapter Realtek ALC655 @ VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller Storage: IDE Controller VIA Bus Master IDE Controller SCSI/RAID Controller H+H Virtual CD SCSI Controller SDK SCSI/RAID Controller VIA SATA RAID Controller Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive Disk Drive Maxtor 4R080L0 (80 GB, 5400 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133) Disk Drive Maxtor 6 V300F0 SCSI Disk Device (279 GB) Optical Drive H + H DVD-ROM DVD-41SD SCSI CdRom Device (Virtual CD-ROM) Optical Drive H + H DVD-ROM DVD-41SD SCSI CdRom Device (Virtual CD-ROM) Optical Drive H + H DVD-ROM DVD-41SD SCSI CdRom Device (Virtual CD-ROM) Optical Drive HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8162B (16x/48x DVD-ROM) Optical Drive TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R5112 (DVD:4x/2x/12x, CD:16x/10x/40x DVD-RW) SMART Hard Disks Status OK Partitions: C: (NTFS) 74049 MB (56471 MB free) D: (NTFS) 286181 MB (232416 MB free) Total Size 351.8 GB (282.1 GB free) Input: Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard Mouse Microsoft PS/2 Port Mouse (IntelliPoint) Game Controller Microsoft PC-joystick driver Network: Primary IP Address 84.67.253.86 Primary MAC Address 00-14-2A-B8-5A-5B Network Adapter VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter Network Adapter WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface (84.67.253.86) Peripherals: Printer hp deskjet 940c series Printer hp deskjet 940c Printer Microsoft Office Document Image Writer USB1 Controller NEC uPD720101 USB OpenHCI Controller USB1 Controller NEC uPD720101 USB OpenHCI Controller USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller USB2 Controller NEC uPD720101 USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller (v1.0) USB2 Controller VIA USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller USB Device CanoScan LiDE 25 USB Device Saitek P2600 Rumble Force Pad (USB) USB Device USB Printing Support DMI: DMI BIOS Vendor American Megatrends Inc. DMI BIOS Version 080012 DMI System Manufacturer ECS DMI System Product P4M800-M7 DMI System Version 1.0 DMI System Serial Number 00000000 DMI System UUID 00020003-00040005-00060007-00080009 DMI Motherboard Manufacturer ECS DMI Motherboard Product P4M800-M7 DMI Motherboard Version 1.0 DMI Motherboard Serial Number 00000000 DMI Chassis Manufacturer ECS DMI Chassis Version 1.0 DMI Chassis Serial Number 00000000 DMI Chassis Asset Tag 0123ABC DMI Chassis Type Desktop Case DMI Total / Free Memory Sockets 2 / 0 The question is how can I reactivated my card reader along with the front USB ports. There was no driver disk with this item as it was plug and play. The floppy drive is working fine. I have recently reactivated the USB port on the mother board by reloading the support disk. I am beginning to think that there is a unknown virus in the system but each time I have scanned the system with Norton Anti Virus it dose not show anything up. I also do a regular sweep with Webroot SpySweeper on a weekly time scale. Thank you for your time in this matter.
Try going into the config screen, remove the USB host controller thingy (Dutch version here) and reboot. It will reinstall itself upon reboot, and hopefully solve the problem.
This is new to me where do I find the Config Screen. I am currently run Microsofts Malicous software removel tool, I think that I might have to let it run over night. Regards.
The configuration panel. I think it's under file -> settings; but someone with an English version please confirm this...
To follow "Gliders" instructions: Right click on "my computer" from the desktop, click "properties", click the "hardware" tab, click the "Device manager" button and expand the "USB Controllers" branch. To remove child nodes from the brance, right click on them and select "uninstall". Upon a reboot they will be redetected. Also make sure that you have USB support enabled in your BIOS still.
