boofont Posted March 28, 2007 Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 Hi all, got a computer problem. It seems that my USB ports are dragging my computer down. Whne I try to switch it on with them connected it won't go past the Windows XP logo screen, it holds there for around 30 secs then I hear something inside winding down then it trys to reboot and enters the same cycle. If I remove my USB's it will boot fine. Any help out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofasttim Posted March 28, 2007 Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 Hi all, got a computer problem. It seems that my USB ports are dragging my computer down. Boof, do not tie a brick to a USB cable and throw said brick out of the window. It WILL drag the computer down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numbnuts Posted March 28, 2007 Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 (edited) Boofont one thing is to check your PC BIOS isn't set to boot from your USB devices (e.g. if you have a usb memory stick assigned as drive letter E:, ensure your PC isn't trying to boot from E: first). What exactly do you have connected via your USB's? check out: http://www.tabletquestions.com/windows-xp/...es-plugged.html Edited March 28, 2007 by numbnuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boofont Posted March 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 Boofontone thing is to check your PC BIOS isn't set to boot from your USB devices (e.g. if you have a usb memory stick assigned as drive letter E:, ensure your PC isn't trying to boot from E: first). What exactly do you have connected via your USB's? check out: http://www.tabletquestions.com/windows-xp/...es-plugged.html No, don't think its this. It has been fine for years, suddenly just started doing it. Had other problems too. Mozilla Firefox keeps crashing on me and now one of my DVD ROM's has suddenly packed up and removed itself from viwe in My Computer. Have I got a RAM issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabnabit Posted March 28, 2007 Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 May be a bad motherboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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