Windows 10: USB Port Oddities

BartZorn · Dec 26, 2015

I had the same problem with an old motherboard. The solution was to go at Device Manager, right-click on the Intel-specific USB devices and replace them with Standard Universal PCI to USB Host Controller. The hi-speed USB 2.0 one should be replaced with Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller. To do that, right-click and select Update Driver then select the last option. Then select again the last option until you see a list of compatible devices. If the standard one is not shown, uncheck the box Show only compatible devices to see all manufacturers, then click on standard USB devices and you should find it. After replacing all intel-specific devices with standard, delete the rest USB root hub devices and restart the computer (you may not being able to delete them all if using a USB mouse/keyboard, I used PS/2). Now try to plug a USB device, it should work.
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I had this problem too and this solution fixed it. Thanks!

There is a quirk, though. When I reboot, sometimes one or both USB controllers need to have the standard driver installed again to make them work.

Bart

spapakons · Apr 5, 2018

Yes, this is annoying, but at least it works. I prepared this computer to replace my father's older Pentium 4, but if the USB ports are not working properly, I cannot give it to him! Let's hope the issue is gone once and for all.

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