USB problems...

[Alienownage]

on my alienware, i have had a problem for a long time just never really wanted to worry about it, every time i plug something into my USBs it freezes my computer and i have to restart and it wont start up with something in the usbs...i had to get a ps/2 adapter for my mouse to use it.. ne solutions?

 

[BamaFan29891]

Man that sucks... I am going to look around for you...

 

[BamaFan29891]

Dang man, the only things I saw were like look to make sure your USB and Mobo drivers are updated, but I am sure they are, if not do that. Sorry I couldn't find anything.

 

[Alienownage]

yeah i already checked im updated... could it be a short somewhere possibly??

 

[karling07]

Can you tell us what devices you're plugging in?

 

[Alienownage]

logitech wingman, mouse, camera, momo steering wheel.. etc it doesnt matter ne thing that can be plugged in freezes it

 

[mayorredbeard]

i had a similar problem, where when i would plug in a usb device my computer would power down. after a lil while i stopped experincing that particular problem, but got an error instead when i plugged in a device saying power surge on hub port. sometimes when i plug in a usb device it will still power down the computer. here's microsoft's official fix to this, and you could see if this makes any difference:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;870893#appliesto