Comments on: Fix USB Device Not Recognized Error

By: D_Berks

D_Berks — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:59:24 +0000

Hi Paul,

thx for the quick reply. I am sorry to hear that you did not find a solution either. Although the USB-stick might have been the cause it is a strange finding… I have no other USB-devices plugged in, other than my mouse and keyboard, that i use since the day i bought this computer some 1.5 years ago.

I will now go for a total reinstallation of w7. Hopes it works and it’s not some motherboard breakdown or something…

I’ll let it know if it halps, so others can find this post and may be helped by it…

Best Regards, Durk

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:54:23 +0000

Hi Durk Berks,

since you’ve already tried everything and it’s driving you mad, you might be right – problem unsolvable…
I tell you what happened in my case finally, something sooo stupid and unexpected.
I’ve updated everything too, even did a new fresh install of Windows, then I’ve striped my PC into pieces to find out my motherboard being unrecoverable from the problem – sold it as is and bought a new one, while at it, I’ve treated myself with a new CPU as well.

Just several weeks later I believe I found out what cuased the problem in my case. One day I tried to plug in a small USB stick – bluetooth receiver – into my ‘new PC’ and the same problem appeared immediately- device not recognized and all my USB plugs running just in 1.1 mode! I removed the stick at once and was happy to see my PC recovered this time.
That’s when I realized that that stick I kept pluged into my ‘old PC’ all the time for several months and used to connect my phone just once or two times. Something happened with the bluetooth receiver meanwhile (maybe overheated?) and that (I believe so) caused the unrecoverable problem with the motherboard and all the USBs.

I’d say whatever USB sticks you’ve pluged into your PC lately try to plug them into another PC/notebook to see if they all work just fine. May help to find an ‘infected USB stick’. Or not, hard to say. Another question is if you can recover your motherboard, probably not…

Paul

By: D Berks

D Berks — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:55:26 +0000

Hi Paul,

did you find a solution to your problem? I am having the EXACT same problem since 4 days. It’s driving me mad…
I tried everyting that is in all the forums, but nothing helpt.
I am guessing it seems something like it enables USB 2.0, but it is not there? May it be a conflict with the BIOS? I update ALL (BIOS, windows drivers etc.).

I truly HATE this problem that seems unsolvable…

Kind regards, Durk Berks

By: derrick

derrick — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:11:00 +0000

uhm i have recently used a usb for my xbox 360 is there anyway to clear it and use it for my computer please help im lost!!!!!!!!

By: Windows 7 usb dvd download tool

Windows 7 usb dvd download tool — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:05:51 +0000

Resourceful info. I had problems with my joystick usb plug, the fault was in os but I could fix with any of the steps outlined above, Finally switched to windows 7 from xp, it solved.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:53:07 +0000

@Klipper – It is a pity that there is so much deviation on the cable colors. Without the schematics it is hard to be sure.
Just know that the default cable colors for USB are:
* RED = 5V+
* BLACK = GROUND
* White = Data -
* GREEN = Data +
The data lines are often twisted.

By: Kumel

Kumel — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 06:42:52 +0000

@ Klipper.
Nah man I stil get the usb unrecognised error.
I’ll try rewiring them tonight then get back at you guys.

By: Klipper

Klipper — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 02:36:10 +0000

@kumel did anything work? i’m having the same problem with my usb mouse, except its colors are slightly different

ORANGE—–RED \
MOUSE WHITE——WHITE | REPLACEMENT USB
GREEN——GREEN |
BLUE——-BLACK /

By: Kumel

Kumel — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 06:46:04 +0000

@ anthony.
No worry, I’ll try changing the wire setup as you have mentioned and see if it works then let you know.
Thanks for the info

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:46:46 +0000

@Kumel – Sorry for not getting back to you right away. The problem with cabling is that, unless you have the diagrams, it is difficult to be sure. And I could not find anything on your gamepad.
Did you try connecting the same colors and changing the Brown-Black to Brown-Yellow and changing the Green-Yellow to Green-Black?

@Paul S. – So your printer is a J3600? And what Windows version is this? Did you uninstall and reboot before reinstalling? And have you tried different USB ports?