Hi fedi,

My friend sent me this:

"Please help - I can't use any USB ports on my desktop computer after accidentally setting the 'USB Controller' option in my BIOS to [Disabled]. I've already tried resetting it by removing the battery and power supply pins for more than 5 minutes. Why would the USB Controller not enable after a reset? And how can I re-enable the USB Controller?

Motherboard: MSi B75A-G43
BIOS: Click BIOS II"

Can anyone advise?

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@kawaiipunk well my first question is why cant they go into the bios and enable the usb controller the same way they disabled it. Why the need to reset it at all?

@freemo @kawaiipunk my guess would be they only have a USB keyboard and that no longer works.

I'd suggest use ps2 (or a USB to ps2 adaptor if available)

Failing that, maybe a USB expansion card (connection via pci?) might have an independent controller.

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