Your USB ports on your computer are plug and play. If you have issues with your USB port, it is port related, driver related or device related. The following solutions will help you identify the problem to resolve your USB port issues. To Identify a Working USB Port Begin troubleshooting your USB ports by checking Device Manager to see if your USB ports or hubs are working properly. Click the Start button. Click Control Panel. Click System and Maintenance. Click Device Manager . Double-click Universal Serial Bus controllers and check to see if all your USB ports, hubs and controllers are functioning correctly. Any devices not functioning will have a yellow exclamation mark in front of them. If Device Manager shows any USB ports, hubs or controllers are not functioning, check for updated drivers. To Update the USB Port Driver An out-of-date BIOS driver can create issues with your system recognizing the USB port. Information on How to Download and Install a Driver Watch a Video on Steps to Update Bios on Your Computer. When the update process is complete, your computer will restart again to load the operating system with the new driver version installed.

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Your USB ports on your computer are plug and play. If you have issues with your USB port, it is port related, driver related or device related. The following solutions will help you identify the problem to resolve your USB port issues.
To Identify a Working USB Port
Begin troubleshooting your USB ports by checking Device Manager to see if your USB ports or hubs are working properly.

Click the Start button. ClickControl Panel.
ClickSystem and Maintenance.
ClickDevice Manager.
Double-clickUniversal Serial Bus controllersand check to see if all your USB ports, hubs and controllers are functioning correctly. Any devices not functioning will have a yellow exclamation mark in front of them.
If Device Manager shows any USB ports, hubs or controllers are not functioning, check for updated drivers.

To Update the USB Port Driver

An out-of-date BIOS driver can create issues with your system recognizing the USB port.

Information onHow to Download and Install a Driver

Watch a Video on Steps to Update Bios on Your Computer.

When the update process is complete, your computer will restart again to load the operating system with the new driver version installed.

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Printers are particular about which usb port they are plugged into, a virtual printer port is assigned to USB1 in the computer, when you select the printer port for it to use. You may need to plug the printer into each USB port, until you fine the USB port 1 which it works in, remember to always connect it to this same usb port, otherwise it will not work. There is only one USB port number 1.

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