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USB PORTS NOT WORKING

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  • 31-12-2012 11:31am
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    Shane St.
    Registered Users Posts: 2,797 ✭✭✭


    they have stopped working any suggestions?


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    #2
    Shane St.
    Registered Users Posts: 2,797 ✭✭✭Shane St.


    I think I disabled the USB ports from the BIOS and as the keyboard on my laptop is not working (spilled drink on it) I have no way of getting back into the BIOS to fix it.
    Any help?


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    yoyo
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    Shane St. wrote: »
    I think I disabled the USB ports from the BIOS and as the keyboard on my laptop is not working (spilled drink on it) I have no way of getting back into the BIOS to fix it.
    Any help?

    Use an external USB keyboard should work, borrow one if you don't have one, it may be possible to reset the bios settings if the laptops battery is easy to access but many laptops will require a function key to be pressed to confirm the bios was reset, although this may not happen if you shut the machine down at this point, and back up again if you get me

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    FSL
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    If they were disabled in device manager rather than in the bios and you have remote desktop activated then you could try to connect another machine machine using remote desktop connection and re-enable them in device manager. Otherwise you will need to reset the bios which usually entails removing the cmos battery, which can be difficult on a laptop.


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