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all my USB ports seem to be failing

Asked by nancy shillito

Hi ,
Can anyone help me find the reason why my usb ports keep failing ?
Im running Lucid Lynx .
My optical mouse starts to blink , freezes and then goes off so i try another port and its OK for a while then the same happens again .
So i try another until all have been tried so reboot and everything works again .
Im not technically minded and have NO idea why this is happening .
Ive googled my problem but cannot seem to find a solution .
I would really appreciate some help on this as i cant find any anywhere .

Thanks

Nancy

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What make ./ model is the system ?

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nancy shillito (inkedmink) said : 		#2

Hi ,
Will this help ?

mink@mink-desktop:~$ sudo lshw
mink-desktop
    description: Desktop Computer
    product: OEM
    vendor: Foxconn
    width: 32 bits
    capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4 smp-1.4 smp
    configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop cpus=1 uuid=EE4BAA66-1DCB-8C51-E1B5-001C25356B4A
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       product: K8M890-8237A
       vendor: Foxconn
       physical id: 0
       serial: UYJY73807120
     *-firmware
          description: BIOS
          vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
          physical id: 0
          version: 6.00 PG (04/23/2007)
          size: 128KiB
          capacity: 448KiB
          capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification
     *-cpu
          description: CPU
          product: AMD Processor model unknown
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 4
          bus info: cpu@0
          version: 15.15.1
          slot: Socket AM2
          size: 1800MHz
          capacity: 3GHz
          width: 64 bits
          clock: 200MHz
          capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow up extd_apicid pni cx16 lahf_lm extapic cr8_legacy cpufreq
        *-cache:0
             description: L1 cache
             physical id: 8
             slot: Internal Cache
             size: 128KiB
             capacity: 128KiB
             capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
        *-cache:1
             description: L2 cache
             physical id: 9
             slot: External Cache
             size: 256KiB
             capacity: 256KiB
             capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
     *-memory
          description: System Memory
          physical id: 22
          slot: System board or motherboard
          size: 2GiB
        *-bank:0
             description: DIMM DDR2
             product: None
             vendor: None
             physical id: 0
             serial: None
             slot: A0
             size: 1GiB
             width: 64 bits
        *-bank:1
             description: DIMM DDR2
             product: None
             vendor: None
             physical id: 1
             serial: None
             slot: A1
             size: 1GiB
             width: 64 bits
     *-pci:0
          description: Host bridge
          product: K8M890CE Host Bridge
          vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
          physical id: 100
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          configuration: driver=agpgart-amd64 latency=8
          resources: irq:0 memory:d0000000-d7ffffff(prefetchable)
        *-generic UNCLAIMED
             description: PIC
             product: K8M890CE I/O APIC Interrupt Controller
             vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             physical id: 0.5
             bus info: pci@0000:00:00.5
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: bus_master
             configuration: latency=0
        *-pci:0
             description: PCI bridge
             product: VT8237 PCI bridge [K8T800/K8T890 South]
             vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             physical id: 1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pci pm bus_master cap_list
             resources: ioport:b000(size=4096) memory:dd000000-deffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff(prefetchable)
           *-display UNCLAIMED
                description: VGA compatible controller
                product: K8M890CE/K8N890CE [Chrome 9]
                vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
                version: 11
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 66MHz
                capabilities: pm agp agp-3.0 bus_master cap_list
                configuration: latency=32 mingnt=2
                resources: memory:c0000000-cfffffff(prefetchable) memory:dd000000-ddffffff memory:de000000-de00ffff(prefetchable)
        *-pci:1
             description: PCI bridge
             product: K8T890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller
             vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             physical id: 2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress pm msi ht bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:27 ioport:a000(size=4096) memory:dfb00000-dfbfffff ioport:dfe00000(size=1048576)
        *-pci:2
             description: PCI bridge
             product: K8T890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller
             vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             physical id: 3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:03.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress pm msi ht bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:31 ioport:c000(size=4096) memory:dfd00000-dfdfffff ioport:dfc00000(size=1048576)
        *-ide:0
             description: IDE interface
             product: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             physical id: f
             bus info: pci@0000:00:0f.0
             version: 80
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=sata_via latency=32
             resources: irq:21 ioport:fc00(size=8) ioport:f800(size=4) ioport:f400(size=8) ioport:f000(size=4) ioport:ec00(size=16) ioport:e800(size=256)
        *-ide:1
             description: IDE interface
             product: VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE
             vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             physical id: f.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:0f.1
             logical name: scsi0
             logical name: scsi1
             version: 07
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list emulated
             configuration: driver=pata_via latency=32
             resources: irq:0 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:e400(size=16)
           *-disk
                description: ATA Disk
                product: Hitachi HDP72505
                vendor: Hitachi
                physical id: 0
                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
                logical name: /dev/sda
                version: GM4O
                serial: GE1530RE1DZTTE
                size: 465GiB (500GB)
                capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
                configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=0009b26b
              *-volume:0
                   description: EXT4 volume
                   vendor: Linux
                   physical id: 1
                   bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
                   logical name: /dev/sda1
                   logical name: /
                   version: 1.0
                   serial: 4abe71b6-3fa5-45e1-8a10-20511328667d
                   size: 460GiB
                   capacity: 460GiB
                   capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
                   configuration: created=2010-09-18 16:46:26 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/FMD=���H*��Б��>e�h ��h/��>e�!� ����� ���������>e�>e�]k modified=2010-09-18 17:00:11 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,barrier=1,data=ordered mounted=2010-09-19 12:29:25 state=mounted
              *-volume:1
                   description: Extended partition
                   physical id: 2
                   bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
                   logical name: /dev/sda2
                   size: 5524MiB
                   capacity: 5524MiB
                   capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
                 *-logicalvolume
                      description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
                      physical id: 5
                      logical name: /dev/sda5
                      capacity: 5524MiB
                      capabilities: nofs
           *-cdrom
                description: DVD-RAM writer
                product: CDDVDW SH-S222A
                vendor: TSSTcorp
                physical id: 1
                bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
                logical name: /dev/cdrom
                logical name: /dev/cdrw
                logical name: /dev/dvd
                logical name: /dev/dvdrw
                logical name: /dev/scd0
                logical name: /dev/sr0
                version: SB00
                capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
                configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
        *-usb:0
             description: USB Controller
             product: VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
             vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             physical id: 10
             bus info: pci@0000:00:10.0
             version: a0
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=32
             resources: irq:20 ioport:e000(size=32)
        *-usb:1
             description: USB Controller
             product: VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
             vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             physical id: 10.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:10.1
             version: a0
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=32
             resources: irq:22 ioport:dc00(size=32)
        *-usb:2
             description: USB Controller
             product: VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
             vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             physical id: 10.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:10.2
             version: a0
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=32
             resources: irq:21 ioport:d800(size=32)
        *-usb:3
             description: USB Controller
             product: VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
             vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             physical id: 10.3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:10.3
             version: a0
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=32
             resources: irq:23 ioport:d400(size=32)
        *-usb:4
             description: USB Controller
             product: USB 2.0
             vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             physical id: 10.4
             bus info: pci@0000:00:10.4
             version: 86
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=32
             resources: irq:21 memory:dffff000-dffff0ff
        *-isa
             description: ISA bridge
             product: VT8237A PCI to ISA Bridge
             vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             physical id: 11
             bus info: pci@0000:00:11.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: isa pm cap_list
             configuration: latency=0
        *-pci:3
             description: PCI bridge
             product: VT8237A PCI to PCI Bridge
             vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
             physical id: 13.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:13.1
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci ht bus_master cap_list
             resources: ioport:9000(size=4096) memory:dfa00000-dfafffff ioport:df900000(size=1048576)
           *-network
                description: Ethernet interface
                product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
                vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
                physical id: 4
                bus info: pci@0000:04:04.0
                logical name: eth0
                version: 10
                serial: 00:1c:25:35:6b:4a
                size: 100MB/s
                capacity: 100MB/s
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
                configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.66 latency=32 link=yes maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
                resources: irq:19 ioport:9c00(size=256) memory:dfaff000-dfaff0ff
     *-pci:1
          description: Host bridge
          product: K8M890CE Host Bridge
          vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
          physical id: 101
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.1
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:2
          description: Host bridge
          product: K8M890CE Host Bridge
          vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
          physical id: 102
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.2
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:3
          description: Host bridge
          product: K8M890CE Host Bridge
          vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
          physical id: 103
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.3
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:4
          description: Host bridge
          product: K8M890CE Host Bridge
          vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
          physical id: 104
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.4
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:5
          description: Host bridge
          product: K8M890CE Host Bridge
          vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
          physical id: 105
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.7
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:6
          description: Host bridge
          product: VT8251 Ultra VLINK Controller
          vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
          physical id: 106
          bus info: pci@0000:00:11.7
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          configuration: latency=32
     *-pci:7
          description: Host bridge
          product: VT8237A Host Bridge
          vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
          physical id: 107
          bus info: pci@0000:00:13.0
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:8
          description: Host bridge
          product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 108
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:9
          description: Host bridge
          product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 109
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:10
          description: Host bridge
          product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 10a
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:11
          description: Host bridge
          product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 10b
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          configuration: driver=k8temp
          resources: irq:0
     *-multimedia
          description: Audio device
          product: VT1708/A [Azalia HDAC] (VIA High Definition Audio Controller)
          vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
          physical id: 1
          bus info: pci@0000:80:01.0
          version: 10
          width: 64 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
          configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0
          resources: irq:17 memory:bfffc000-bfffffff
mink@mink-desktop:~$

Everything used to work fine on Hardy its only since Lucid that i have had any problems .

Thanks

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

I'd check the foxconn site / manufacturers site for BIOS upgrades.

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