Windows xp freezes usb drive

I hope someone could help me. When I plug in any usb peripheral my HP Pallion dv Windows xp freezes and I have to power off and boot again with no us device connected. It happened first time two weeks ago but, after rebooting a couple of time, the problem seemed to be fixed.

Now it has happened again and there is no way to make the usb devices work. Actually the only device showing a different behaviour is the wireless mouse that isn't recognized but doesn't cause the system to freeze. Any ideas? Share Flag. All Answers. Collapse -. There are a couple of things to try. Col 0 Votes. I tried and something changed but Being on the road doesn't help at all. Downloading now! This one is very hard to answer. I'll try. Luca 0 Votes. I will try creating logical drives, or finding a cheap adapter card like I did for the Gateway, but freeze started before this drive was added.

Looking forward to more production and less maintenance. Regarding these freezing XP PCs, I am just wondering when is the best time to decide it is time to "punt" and either get rid of a PC or upgrade from the motherboard on up? There doesn't seem to be a definitive way to determine the motherboard problem until you have exhausted every other possibility. VirtualCowboy hi, to answer your last question, it depends on a few factors.

Cost, What are your needs, business, gaming, downloading music, hobby. From all I have read you have practically replaced your entire system less the Mobo. If you replace your mobo you will have to do a new install and you will never know what your real problem is on your current system. You might get a message about having to restart your system "DO IT".

You will get a message to restart "DO IT" post back your results:. Hi germ-x, and thank you for the advice. Hi, I have not flashed the bios, I had heard that should be a last resort. I did uninstall and reinstall the usb ports and I also reinstalled a file that supposedly managed the usb ports from the original windows disk that was thought to be corrupt.

I checked the bios, it is set to let windows mangage things. I think the biggest clue is that any usb 2. The computer lock up happens whenever either a USB 2. Any ideas would be helpful, I have received many emails from others wondering if I had found a fix as they have the same issue. Thanks, Chris. Or alternatively, you could check out the PS as well. Flashing the BIOS is not always a last resort, it just shouldnt be the first thing unless the latest version states a fix for a particular problem that you are having.

I did not expect it to fix anything and flashing finished it off failed halfway. It was going to get a new MB anyway, so it really wasnt a loss at that point. If you're asking for technical help, please be sure to include all your system info, including operating system, model number, and any other specifics related to the problem.

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It is an older computer and plugs in to the back of the tower. The only other USB device I have is my scanner and it works fine. And I get the same thing even when the scanner is unpluged. I am stumped as I cannot save or retrieve any info from my flashdrives. My daughter says my windows is confused and thinks I have too many devices plugged in at once when I don't. I have Windows XP. How do I fix this problem? This thread is locked.