USB problem

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I originally posted this in the disc storage section but didn't get much responses so I figure i might get more luck here.

I initially thought the issue was with my new 250gb laptop external drive going out on me but it seems like the issue expands further than that. Whenever I plug my external to transfer files to and from the external or any activity for that matter the pc would freeze. Mouse would not respond and ctrl alt del would not work so I'm forced to manually restart. I had no problems copying files to the external from my friend's pc's but when i try to transfer it to my pc the whole thing would lock up.

After taking taking it up to my work to try it on one of the IT guy's pc without any issues I felt like something was wrong with my pc. So I plugged in my PNY 1gb thumbdrive and transfered files to fill it up and got the same problem....pc would lock up.

I think that something's wrong with my USB ports . The only thing that i have plugged in my pc that's usb is my mic and my MX518 and they work fine. I have 4 in the front and 4 in the back and tried it in all locations and got the same error. My external is usb powered with 2 connections and I tried plugging both usb thinking that my pc was not giving it enough power but when my thumbdrive did the same thing I'm lead to believe that this could be a conflict somewhere with software and/or drivers.

I downloaded the latest chipset drivers tonight and still got the same thing. I recently installed a fresh copy of XP Pro w/ sp2 earlier this week and the problem is still exists.
Help :confused:
 
If you disconnect your mic and MX518, does the thumbdrive work? Do you have a powered USB hub you could try?

Go into device manager and remove all USB Root hubs -- uninstall them. Restart, and Windows should reinstall them automatically. Try the thumbdrive again.

Make sure all USB related settings in the BIOS are set properly.
 
Make sure you have the latest up to date BIOS for your MB, generally USB related issues (locking up/not working) are BIOS related.
 
I plugged all my usb devices and still got the same issue. The thumbdrive seems to work if I copy 1 or 2 songs at a time, I just can't hold shift and select a bunch at a time to copy or it will lock up. Same goes for the external, but movies take longer to transfer and 9 out of 10 times the pc would lock within 20 seconds

I figured the BIOS could be the culprit but unfortunately I don't have a floppy drive and can't use my buddy's because his is an external with a usb plug. I read that you can boot from a usb thumbdrive and flash my BIOS from that but I'm afraid the pc would lock up during the process and screw things up even further.

Is it possible to put the new bios on a cd and boot from there? Is it the same process like the floppy and usb drive? Any particular reason why floppy is the main choice over cd drives? Thx for the help and suggestions
 
Most new boards have a bios flash utility that runs in windows then reboots the machine, what MB do you have
 
BIOS ID:21


1. Fixed an issue where the system sometimes hangs when copying large files.
2. BIOS compiled date: 04/16/2007


Update your bios Here There is a flash utility at the top of the page, this is used in windows. Download it, download the bios, and run the utility.
 
DL'ed the BIOS and updated my flash utility to the latest version and everything went well. Right now I got all my media files and pics (about 200gb) transferring to it to test it out and 10 minutes has passed so I think that did it. Thanks
 
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