# My endless struggle for USB 2.0 **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 30, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-endless-struggle-for-usb-2-0/672614 "2013-10-30T02:16:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-endless-struggle-for-usb-2-0/672614/21 "2013-10-31T23:49:10Z")
The card ports don’t work at all, but Windows does? So the computer isn’t really any different with the card out or in? My Q would be if the new card was seated correctly. Again remove all other cards that are not needed to start and use the new USB card, and reposition the USB card in an new slot if available would be next. ---
**Author:** ![Translucent\_Daydream](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/translucent_daydream/32/16170_2.png) [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-endless-struggle-for-usb-2-0/672614/22 "2013-11-01T00:19:15Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > The card ports don’t work at all, but Windows does? So the computer isn’t really any different with the card out or in? My Q would be if the new card was seated correctly. > > Again remove all other cards that are not needed to start and use the new USB card, and reposition the USB card in an new slot if available would be next. There is only one PCI port I can dump a card into, so I will take out the other card (modem) and try it in that slot. Its seated correctly, though, for sure. I am getting the USB voltage out of it, its charging my phone right now. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-endless-struggle-for-usb-2-0/672614/23 "2013-11-01T06:21:15Z")
Have you checked whether the built-in USB ports are 2.0-compatible since you updated the BIOS? ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-endless-struggle-for-usb-2-0/672614/24 "2013-11-01T10:07:35Z")
> [@Translucent\_Daydream](#): > > So now I have installed one of the USB cards, and the system booted! No doubt thanks to the BIOS update. > > But… nothing happened. I went to device manager, and scanned for hardware changes. Nothing. Was there nothing extra in the USB section? > [@](#): > > I didn’t have that windows pop up thing that says “hardware configuration changed” when I booted, nothing asked for a driver. Windows has a lot of USB drivers built-in. > [@](#): > > I was thinking that maybe it just shared a driver that was in use. So I hooked up my printer to the new USB card. Nothing. Try a different USB port on the new card. ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-endless-struggle-for-usb-2-0/672614/25 "2013-11-01T11:46:18Z")
Maybe remove all the USB devices and let them re-add. Someone thing may be blocking the detection process ? ( Could be a bit hard to get through to trigger re-adding them if you disable USB keyboard in doing so ) ---
**Author:** ![Translucent\_Daydream](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/translucent_daydream/32/16170_2.png) [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-endless-struggle-for-usb-2-0/672614/26 "2013-11-07T01:52:49Z")
okay guys after I turned off my computer the last time I posted in this thread it is yet to come back on. I am posting this message from my galaxy s3. I took the computer apart to call the PCI cards that were installed on it out, make sure there was no dust anywhere inside the machine, and put it back together.although it’s interesting being able to dictate my post by voice on the message board, this isn’t going to be any good for anything else. Does anybody have any ideas? I never had this problem before I tried putting the card in ☹ sorry if this is somewhat of a zombie post I had to figure out how to get the wifi to work properly on this phone so I can get back into the message board. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-endless-struggle-for-usb-2-0/672614/27 "2013-11-07T03:17:12Z")
What do you mean when you say it doesn’t come on? Does it start to boot and then quit? Is the fan running? Does anything display on the monitor? Do any of the lights on the front of the machine come on? How about the keyboard lights? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-endless-struggle-for-usb-2-0/672614.md?page=1)