My computers usb ports aren't able to detect anything plugged into them once my computer is booted. On top of that unless i go into the bios and disable usb support my processor only operates at 50% (50% is in use no matter whats going on).

I've pretty much given up on getting the integrated ones working again so my question would be, if i were to purchase a usb PCI card would it still function even though the motherboard has usb ports disabled?

If it would be disabled is there any possible way i could fix my integrated ports? i've tried installing the latest intel drivers but it hangs after it gets to the usb drivers.

Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated.

Hello and welcome to PC Help Forum.

Ok it maybe a driver issue on your USB devices.Re-enable the USB in BIOS.
Reboot pc then go to device manager.
Click start scroll to my computer right click on my computer and got to properties and open.

Click on hardware tab then devcie manager.


Ok right click on your USB ports and try an update driver on each one listed.

Or try an uninstall of each one and then reboot PC and see if found new hardware picks them up.

In device manager do you see a yellow symbol there saying other devices?If yes then there are devices in there that need updated drivers.

Yes you can buy PCI USB cards they can be bought with 2 ports and upwards.

Every time i have attempted to change anything for the usb ports (update the drivers uninstall the drivers to try and reinstall them from nothing etc) in the device manager the computer freezes. The ports appear to be running properly to the computer and no errors are listed there. I know they are connected because up until XP Starts i can use my USB keyboard to navigate in the bios (on both front and back ports).

Ive been looking to investing in the pci card for it but i dont want to spend the money on it if its not going to be use-able as i have my computer now. What i need to know is mainly whether the USB-Pci Card will function if i have usb support turned off in my bios.

They will work if you turn off usb support.The usb support supports 2.0 fast USB,if you turn it off your USB will stay at 1.0 that is not very fast so yes USB will work without USB support in BIOS.

Have you tried flashing BIOS to reset configuration?This may reset USB and allow you to have USB support again.