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Most of the time I can't get my camera or 1TB USB drive to be recognized when I plug them in. Doesnt matter what port I plug them into either. Error message is a code 43. They work with my laptop so I know it's not the devices. What I find strange is my mouse and keyboard never have a problem. Both are USB.

Mobo is a Asus M3A78

You may want to check your BIOS and make sure that USB 2.0 is enabled. If it is, try re-installing the MB drivers.

USB is finicky at times. Are you using the front or rear ports on your motherboard? Many times, I've had systems that wouldn't work so well through the front ports, but just fine in the rear. I suspect corroded terminals or something for the terminals inside if it does make a difference.

USB 2 is enabled in the BIOS. I am using both front and rear. Never had a problem until a couple days ago.

I have had a lot of bad luck with onboard USB jacks. My present new system with an Asus mobo is one example. Simple devices like the keyboard and mouse work fine but if you connect something like an external HDD there's issues where it'll spontaneously disconnect or not get recognized.

I've had a few clients over the years that have also had issues.

Basically the problem is cheap/crappy USB chipsets. A BIOS upgrade may fix the problem, but I honestly think that it's just cheap hardware. My fix is simple: I install a PCI USB card. I prefer the Belkin 4 port cards. Belkins use a rock solid chipset and I never have any problems with them.

On my main workstation I have two Belkin 4 port cards and I don't use the onboard USB jacks at all except for the front ones which I only use for the iPod and flash drives which it doesn't seem to have an issue with.

Yeah, ditto that. I've often had better luck just skipping the onboard stuff.

my wifes motherboard is flaky like your describing. fix was a PCI USB card.
also found on hers but not always . sometimes using a usb exstender cord it flake a bit.

Thanks, I get a USB card.

Stick to Belkin. They are solid as a rock: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product

That's the one I ordered, FP.

I just found out it was a flakey cable that was causing the problems. Replaced cable and no more problems.

Ahhh. Yeah, that's pretty rare nowadays but it can certainly do it.

Always something simple. Can't say how many times I've totally over analyzed a problem.