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I Bought my PC from my brother, he had just re-installed windows xp and everything was fresh and untouched, so i updated everything sorted everything out, but there is no usb in my device manager, wtf is going on here!? no response at all from the USB port or anything, someone PLEASE HELP!! Thanx.

P.S if this helps my motherboard is:

''ABIT KD7A Socket 462 System board''

[printed on users manual]

Also my brother cannot sort it as he is in canada!!!

Make sure you have the XP service pack 1 installed and try these usb .

the option for USB might be disabled in the computer's bios settings. You can browse around the settings by hitting [del] for most comptuers. If you can't find the specific option, just use the Set Optimal Defaults option (which will set the motherboard to factory settings)

Im assuming you installed you motherboard drivers as well?


Its sportin' 4 USB 2.0 type "A" ports

thanx guys for the help, im now hoping the usb is disabled in BIOS, but my stupid god damn uncle who i havent seen in aaaaaaaaaaaages came in my house and set a password for BIOS so ive been told to reset the BIOS jumper, ive checked my motherboard manual but i just want to make sure i definatly know what im doing so if anyone has any tips it would be great thanx.

If anyone has any other ways of getting into BIOS please just holla, thanx.

almost every bios I've ever seen has a clear bios header (sometimes called CMOS). There will be 3 pins sticking up probably well marked on the motherboard itself. 2 of them will have a jumper on them, the other will look lonely. You'll need to move that jumper over one spot, making the other end lonely. Here's where your motherboard manual comes in. Some motherboards want NO POWER durring this... others want you to repetively hit the power button. I usually unplug the pc for about 15 seconds first, then plug in, hit power once or twice (doesn't actually turn the pc on), then unplug, move the jumper to it's propper position and wha-la the password should be gone.

As long as you move the jumper back you'll be fine. Even if you would happen to move the wrong set of jumpers you won't hurt anything as long as it gets moved back.

If you still cant get the bios to clear you can, with the power unplugged, remove the battery (if it isn't soldered to the board ) and put it in backwards. This would be the same effect as the jumper.