Having issues with USB's not working

-baabaa- there is no cosmetics on my casing, it's just all silver and only a ATI 9700 sticker.

underneith is a warnibg about do not block vents blah blah and a Personal Computer Model No.: 258KA5 and that is all.

I did a search for the model number in google but only 4 entries came up. not much help though.

 

I don't know if this helps but I found a manual to my notebook/laptop and a possible bios flash....tell me what you think?

http://www.uniwill.com/UserDownload/258KA0/258KA0.php

at the bottom is my manual which you will need Acrobat to read, thats if you wanna read it. 258KA0_E_A_01.pdf has the product specification's of my notbook.

this is the exact model as my notebook http://www.uniwill.com/products/performance/258ka0/258ka0.php?HL=1&P=2

 

I edited my previous post -ddp- as I gave a link to the exact model as my notebook

 

gotcha, will report back soon

 

that's a nice little note book!
after you do the bios upgrade if your going to put xp on it make sure you get SP2 as well. there are issues with xp and USB 2.0 and sevice pack 2 fixes that.
good luck with the flash and be carefull.

 

Thanks but I originally had XP with SP2 and still had issues.

 

cool, i didn't know that. lol! trying to help but i don't know if i'm doing you much good!

 

PLEASE!!!!!!1

 

I just flashed my bios and still no usb ports work.

Im gonna try going back to XP.

meant please walk me through the bios flash but I figured it out.

 

Sometimes it is a power issue for the USB. If the usb ports are not getting enough power it will not run the device. You may want to check with the MFG. and see if they have had any problems with this. I have seen on board usb ports go bad due to not enough power.

 

Thanks for the update but I already sent my notebook back so they can figure the damn thing out as I spent to much time and energy trying to find out how to fix the damn problem.

I'll keep you guys updated as soon as I get word.

 

Greetings G and all,

I too have the EXACT same problem;

Tiny mediabook
AMD 64 3000+
ATI 9600/9700 mobility 128MB
1 GB RAM
................SiS 7001 chipset and Windoze XP! SP1
American Megatrends BIOS ( which on my laptop i has the most watered down BIOS option i have ever seen )

worked perfectly for 6 months, then POP... USBs now work on and off up to a maximum of 30mins at the moment. I was looking into flashing BIOS, SP2, blah blah..

But thanks to this thread i know that all of that is a waste of time. I'm sending it back to tiny, then selling it if they fix it. I have ordered a Dell XPS GEN 2.

 

That sounds like a plan to me. I should be getting my notebook back in a few days from the manufacturer, and when I do im gonna run the shit out if to see if they fixed it, if not then Im gonna send it right back and ask for my damn money back....and get a hampster.

 

nah..maybe turtle