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    Windows 8 USB driver install

    I now have officially learned more about USB ports than I wanted to know. The problem turns out to be available port current. Around the time USB 2 or 3 was incorporated in computers a check was programmed into the system that checked the current draw when an unknown device was plugged in. While...
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    Windows 8 USB driver install

    I uninstalled all of the USB entries listed in device manager and rebooted the Gateway. I then reloaded the Windows 8 driver installer. Same results. The computer reports Power Reset Failed and disables the USB port. I'm close to taking a very large hammer to this computer. When I loaded the...
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    Windows 8 USB driver install

    I've been trying to install the Windows 8 USB driver in a Gateway desktop computer (running Windows 8) and have run into a brick wall. I keep getting a Power Reset failure and the USB port is disabled. I tried to install the (non Windows 8) driver, and Naza Assistant, on a (borrowed) Dell laptop...
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