sausage Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Ok bit confused so any help welcome. Friend had damaged usb port with pins all bent over touching case preventing pc from booting up and just getting orange light. Straightened the pins and managed to boot the pc. However none of the USB ports would detect anything so assume the USB Bus (?) has been damaged. Rather than going down PCI USB and hub route, happened to have a same model pc going spare which is fully functional. So thought a simple swap over of the hard disc was all thats needed. Done this and PC boots up fine, however USB keyboard and mouse wont respond. Light has came on on mouse but it wont respond. Nothing on keyboard unless I go into BIOS when keyboard will then respond. Checked USB settings in BIOS and its enabled. So I am rather confused as to why I am having USB problems on a completely different box ? Any suggestions, sure I am missing something simple. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnpdrummond Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 It may not be installed the drivers for the Keyboard in the OS, happend to me a few times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Driver issue maybe? Did the keyboard /mouse come with a disc? Are they wired or wireless, if wireless you may need to go through the proceedure to connect them to the base again. Failing that, have you got an adaptor or two to convert them to PS2 port? My wireless mouse died but I had an old PS" mouse and adaptor that I could just plug in, keyboard still works (space bar isa bit iffy though lol). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sausage Posted April 18, 2011 Author Share Posted April 18, 2011 Nah they are basic wired usb keyboard and mouse, plug and play so would be surprised if drivers needed as they are just detected on any other pc or laptop I have used them with. Possible I suppose but next question would be how I install drivers when I can get the keyboard and mouse to work ? As for ps/2 adapters, thought of that....damn pc hasnt got any ps/2 ports unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Ah right, that's unfortunate. My pc is still old enough to have them. Plenty of techy types on here (or there was when I last posted on a regular basis). I'm sure someone will come along soon and give you some other options to try out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sausage Posted April 18, 2011 Author Share Posted April 18, 2011 A reboot and a bit of patience has resolved !! Thanks for suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 It's amazing how many times a simple reboot fixes things, that and hitting it with a hammer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest logostomake Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 I think USB is like where you plug in your flashdrives and devices compatible on it. Creating a Logo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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