USB ports and onboard sound do not work

vnt87 · 22-04-2008, 10:24 AM

I recently got an old FIC VG33 motherboard from one of those old eMachines computer. All in all, it's still working well except for the USB ports and the onboard sound are not functioning as they should be. It's not a driver issue, as I've tried both Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Ubuntu 7.10 on it but none of them recognize anything. They didn't even prompt for driver, the OS simply refused to recognize that the mainboard has an onboard audio adapter.
In Windows, the USB ports are still visible in Device Manager, but none of the USB drives and mouses that I've plugged into it received any power.

Right now I'm thinking that the mobo probably had a fried controller chip, or a bad capacitor located somewhere. But I wanted to consult some of the pros here, what do you guys think is the problem here?

DaRuSsIaMaN · 23-04-2008, 01:41 AM

Well, personally, I have no idea, but I'm not "one of the pros" hehe... I would suggest just get a sound card and one of those cards with USB ports, but I'm sure you already came up with that

vnt87 · 23-04-2008, 02:05 PM

Yeah using additional addon cards would definitely work. However it's not that important anyway, as I already got like 3 other computers, and I'm not planning to utilize this or anything, I'm just kinda curious as to what may have caused it to function that way, that's all.

donkey42 · 25-04-2008, 05:36 PM

first thing you should check is:

are they enabled in the BIOS ?

vnt87 · 26-04-2008, 03:33 AM

If they weren't enabled, they shouldn't have shown up in the Device Manager, right? Anyway, been there, done that, even reset the BIOS a couple of time, still no avail. Trust me I've done everything, and I'm pretty sure this is a hardware issue..
Any other idea?

22-04-2008, 10:24 AM	#1 (permalink) Top
vnt87 Geek Trainee Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4 Status: Offline	USB ports and onboard sound do not work I recently got an old FIC VG33 motherboard from one of those old eMachines computer. All in all, it's still working well except for the USB ports and the onboard sound are not functioning as they should be. It's not a driver issue, as I've tried both Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Ubuntu 7.10 on it but none of them recognize anything. They didn't even prompt for driver, the OS simply refused to recognize that the mainboard has an onboard audio adapter. In Windows, the USB ports are still visible in Device Manager, but none of the USB drives and mouses that I've plugged into it received any power. Right now I'm thinking that the mobo probably had a fried controller chip, or a bad capacitor located somewhere. But I wanted to consult some of the pros here, what do you guys think is the problem here?

23-04-2008, 01:41 AM	#2 (permalink) Top
DaRuSsIaMaN Geek Comrade Join Date: Nov 2003 Age: 22 Male Posts: 748 Times Helpful: 12 Status: Offline My Computer	Well, personally, I have no idea, but I'm not "one of the pros" hehe... I would suggest just get a sound card and one of those cards with USB ports, but I'm sure you already came up with that __________________ Ignorance is bliss. Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions... "So, got any kids?" - Stephen Colbert My computer is not much to brag about, but I shall do so anyway. AMD 1800+ Athlon XP..............SoundBlaster PCI 512 ASUS A7N8X..........................WD 80GB ATI Radeon 8500....................WinXP Pro

25-04-2008, 05:36 PM	#4 (permalink) Top
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23-04-2008, 02:05 PM	#3 (permalink) Top
vnt87 Geek Trainee Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4 Status: Offline	Yeah using additional addon cards would definitely work. However it's not that important anyway, as I already got like 3 other computers, and I'm not planning to utilize this or anything, I'm just kinda curious as to what may have caused it to function that way, that's all.

26-04-2008, 03:33 AM	#5 (permalink) Top
vnt87 Geek Trainee Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4 Status: Offline	If they weren't enabled, they shouldn't have shown up in the Device Manager, right? Anyway, been there, done that, even reset the BIOS a couple of time, still no avail. Trust me I've done everything, and I'm pretty sure this is a hardware issue.. Any other idea?

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