usb port question?

[Gene Murphy]

Greetings All:



My 83 year old mother loves playing simple music on a Casio keyboard. But
after 3 years she has figured out all the 120 songs that came loaded and my
brother (he is the one with all the money lol) bought her a new keyboard, so
i told him to buy one that had the build in smart media cards. Casio states
you have to have a 3.3 V only not 5 V card so initially we had a hard time
finding one, but when he did. I bought a Dazzle Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Reader
Writer to write to the cards. But when i attempted to install the Dazzle
into one of my two Front USB Ports, device manager did not recognize it? The
instructions were clear that the device was plug and play and no driver
software was needed. Well after hours of trouble shooting to no avail, i
finally unplugged the device from the front of my Gateway and plug it into
one of my spare USB ports on the back of the computer and sure enough it
worked. My only question now, is ?...somewhere in help an support it said if
my USB ports were not working i might have to go into BIOS set up and enable
them? I believe but can anyone give me guidance on this, and if the USB
ports work in the back of the computer why would the ones on the front all
two of them not work?

TIA

Your Dumb Irishmen at simple work here.

Respectfully
The "Murf"

 

[Malke]

Greetings All:



My 83 year old mother loves playing simple music on a Casio keyboard.
But after 3 years she has figured out all the 120 songs that came
loaded and my brother (he is the one with all the money lol) bought
her a new keyboard, so i told him to buy one that had the build in
smart media cards. Casio states you have to have a 3.3 V only not 5 V
card so initially we had a hard time finding one, but when he did. I
bought a Dazzle Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Reader Writer to write to the cards.
But when i attempted to install the Dazzle into one of my two Front
USB Ports, device manager did not recognize it? The instructions were
clear that the device was plug and play and no driver software was
needed. Well after hours of trouble shooting to no avail, i finally
unplugged the device from the front of my Gateway and plug it into one
of my spare USB ports on the back of the computer and sure enough it
worked. My only question now, is ?...somewhere in help an support it
said if my USB ports were not working i might have to go into BIOS set
up and enable them? I believe but can anyone give me guidance on this,
and if the USB ports work in the back of the computer why would the
ones on the front all two of them not work?

Do any usb devices work in the front ports? If not, the ports might not
be connected on the motherboard. Otherwise, the front ports are
probably usb 1.1 and not 2.0. Supposedly a 2.0 device will work with
the older, slower standard, but maybe the Dazzle reader doesn't. You
and your brother are real sweeties to your mother!

Cheers,

Malke

 

[Lardy]

Do the front USB ports work with any other USB devices? If not, it is most
likely that your front USB ports are not connected to your mainboard. If
you have an older mainboard there is a chance that it doesn't have a front
USB option.

Lardy.

 

[Bob I]

Have you asked Gateway? They did build it.