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Old 12-30-2008, 07:28 PM   #1
mrevilman
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Enable USB-support from the OS ?


Hi,

I have a bit of a situation with a external harddrive (WD Elements 1TB).
I have an old computer i would like to use with that drive, but it seems like there is a bug or something in the BIOS so i can't have that drive plugged in and start the OS, it freezes after it finds my 2 other hdd's.
The computer is a HP D230 MT, and i've checked the HP website for BIOS-upgrades, the last is from 2005 , i got the latest version.

The drive works fine if i just plug it in after the OS is loaded.

So to the real question

Is it possible to turn on USB-support from the OS after i've disabled it in BIOS ? Iīve tried searching the net for this but havenīt really found anything relevant

Thanks!
 
Old 12-30-2008, 10:15 PM   #2
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hello,
i had the same situtation with a flash card reader on an old PC, disabling it in the BIOS did not help...
my final solution was to put a switch in series with VBUS on the USB line going to the card reader.
 
Old 12-31-2008, 10:20 AM   #3
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pbharris: ok, anychance you could explain how you did that ? I didnīt really understand...the only reason i've tried disabling all usb support in BIOS is to get the computer running at all.

Anyone else who might know if itīs even possible to modify something that i set in BIOS through an OS ? I know there is some way to control CPU speed for example, or CPU fan speeds...does it work for USB aswell ?
 
  


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