Brad

a friend of mine got a barebones computer from a website and it came with a dell dimension 3000 motherboard. i managed to download the video and audio drivers from dell's site, but i can't seem to get ahold of the usb controller driver. if you have this computer, it came with a resource cd with all the necessary drivers on it. if you have it, i need you to hook a brotha up with the drivers :happysad:

tia

wilsel

I don't think you need a specific driver for USB, windows XP/2000 has built in USB support.

LT

^this is true.

Brad

well, device manager is showing the USB controller as not having a driver, and when i run the new hardware wizard it cant seem to find anything. what is the file name and location for the usb controller in windows?

LT

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers

there are several usb-related files starting with "usb"

wilsel

delete all the USB controllers/hubs in device manager, and reboot. It should find, reinstall, and fix your problem. If not make sure it has all the lastest updates, and patches for XP.

Brad

problem with the updates and such is that his network adapter is USB, so he's got no interweb until the usb is working.

CalBearz24

do you have a pci card in your comp or one you can access w/the driver that he could use to do all the updates first?

mrsmartness

use a newer cd version of win xp, maybe sp2 it deff comes with the usb drivers. no need to update

GotJDM?

i hate a dell. then it froze, caught on fire, and exploded.

it was a really nice pc.... LOL