What to do when a usb port on motherboard is failing?

Answer 1

The key to this question is that it is "a port" not all the ports. Updating the BIOS is not likely the best answer. The book this question comes from actually has the answer but many people are not finding it because it is in a blue box. The answer is to disable the port in the BIOS or by jumper and add an expansion card.

<Old answer> upgrade the BIOS or download the latest drivers

Answer 2

send it in to a Computer repair place it should no cost to much to fix something that small but if ur installing alot of Hardware it may lower ur power supply usage and shut some stuff down like a USB to run the other hardware

Answer 3

There is almost certainly nothing that can be done to fix it (other than replacing the entire motherboard, which could cost almost as much as a new computer) as there is probably a crack in the motherboard next to the port from force applied to a device that was plugged in at some time.

I had an HP printer fail exactly this way because the USB cord plugged into it had been jerked sideways. Fortunately that printer had an ethernet connector too and I moved it to my network and got another 2 years of use from it before something in the printhead mechanism died. But that won't help your computer.

Answer 4

Disable the device in device manager and then add an expansion card.

Answer 5

you can sometimes reboot the computer but be sure to save what you have. Or you could disable the device in device manager and then add an expansion card.