is my usb controller bad?

[Joe C]

Even though your board has solid capacitors, I'd check them anyway because I have seen solid caps blow out before, bad caps would describe your issue

 

[raverx3m]

visually or is there a program that can check them?
ill take a look and see maybe it is. my kid broke one of the usb ports a wile ago it might have shorted out

 

[C0RR0SIVE]

Only way to check a cap is visually...

If the USB ports ever get shorted, they tend to blow the controller out...

 

[raverx3m]

lol I don't even see the regular capacitors they are all silver cap tiny ones. but they all good no burns anywhere.
I donno what else can cause this inside windows system?

 

[Joe C]

ill take a look and see maybe it is. my kid broke one of the usb ports a wile ago it might have shorted out

Obviously you stated that you may shorted out the usb port and I agree with c0rr0sive that it probably fried the usb controller

 

[carnageX]

If none of the USB ports look physically damaged/burned, some other things to check:
Is it only happening within Windows? Have you tried running a Linux LiveCD?