I used to have all 3 of my usb ports working, but for some reason it starts to malfunction and allow me to use only one. I did not see any device conflict in the device manager. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Red, January 2007

What have you got connected to the USB's? USB ports can only deliver a certain amount of power - hence why you get powered usb hubs. Some motherboards can deliver more power than others, but if you have lots of USB toys (coffee cup warmer/lava lamp etc) then this can pull too much power. They can even cause the USB's to fault completely as a kind of burn out. If this isn't the case, it may just be they're dead. Kick in the ass i know, but with hardware anything's possible...

pcdocmail@talktalk.net, February 2007