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leapinlew:


--- Quote from: BobA on January 04, 2013, 03:02:28 pm ---The not working usb info identifies the controller as a sony unit.   This is probably where the oriental characters came from.  This does not help other than to prove that the ID is wrong when it does not work and it is probably due to the timming in how the dell computers power up.   Since the dell models are similar and are all malfunctioning and other computers do not you could add some sort of time delay to the startup of the dells so that the controller is id'd correctly.    Not sure if a dummy program or task can be used to delay when the USB connections are processed.

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I was sort of thinking along those lines. I turned off "Fast Boot" in the BIOS. Not sure what it does, but thought it couldn't hurt. Malenkos suggestion of a powered USB seemed to be a good one, but I don't get any different results. I don't think the problem is the delay as much as it's improperly installed by Windows (in both XP and 7 though - weird). I thought I might be getting somewhere with updated chipset and USB drivers (from Intel not Dell).

No dice.

At this point, I could either go with a ipac or a different computer. Since it's already mounted, I'll probably change out the controller. Hell, I could get an Intel Atom board with memory for $65 delivered so I may go that route too. Ugh. I'm going to give this a few days to see if anyone has an answer before I just purchase something else.

leapinlew:

Ok... so I tried 1 more thing. I was able to workaround the problem by using a add-in PCI USB card. The good news is the cost of a low profile card is around $10

If anyone else stumbles across this thread and can reveal the details on why this happened, please do. I assume it's some incompatibility with the chipset or something. The solution in my case may not be possible if you are using a laptop or something, but if you have a desktop with an open PCI port, this is 1 method you can use.

I'm going to finish this machine now.  What a mess.

leapinlew:

This was the controller I had on hand:
http://www.sybausa.com/productInfo.php?iid=796


But I'm going to assume most other controllers should work.

BobA:

Since it did work sometimes with your on board usb do you think the PCI usb card may have solved the problem because of where or when in your Dell's startup the port is initiallized?

AND  Good work!

leapinlew:


--- Quote from: BobA on January 07, 2013, 12:25:30 pm ---Since it did work sometimes with your on board usb do you think the PCI usb card may have solved the problem because of where or when in your Dell's startup the port is initiallized?

AND  Good work!

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no. I don't think it had anything to do with prioritization of when it started. I could be wrong, but I remember at some point in the process eliminating that as a suspect.

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