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Originally posted by telsetrepair:
Another thing to try, get a magnifier and look inside those ports, as they are parallel, a short in one will short out all, and it doesn't have to be a "hard" short, a hi impedence short will wreac havoc too. Being that usb ports are exposed almost anything can get in there.
Good Luck! I just saw that very thing happen with a Dell tower. All the guy did was move it from one office to the other. A single contact in his most used USB connector finally gave way, which somehow caused the others to take a dump. He searched online for nearly 45 minutes before he found his answer: open the unit and disconnect the affected USB leg from the motherboard.
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Ed,
Take the male end of a usb cable, dunk it in Isoproypyl Alcohol and insert it wet into your usb ports. In and out a few times wiping the male end every few times. Repeat all other ports.
Alcohol will not hurt your lap top, don't use windex(amonia)
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Well, I've tried pretty much everything, including the alcohol. I'm about ready to drink it at this point! All three ports are still doing exactly the same thing, either power/no commo or commo/no power. None of them provide both.
A powered USB hub still comes up as not recognized.
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Time for warranty replacement/repair by Gateway. If the laptop is not under warranty, pick up a pcmcia (or expresscard) usb adapter, to provide new ports to use. Best part if that adapter dies, get a new one.
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Sorry Ed. I've seen this one a few times, usually on Dell though. I'm with the rest of the braintrust on this one. My guess is the motherboard is going Tango Uniform.
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I figured that I was dealing with a Tango Uniform FUBAR situation, but I always come here first just in case. Thanks, gang......I think I'll go with the PCMCIA solution for now.
My big screen was written-off at a goner last year I later found that a CFL in my utility room was screwing with the IR sensor for the remote. I'm not a quitter when it comes to these issues!
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ED,you think maybe MAGICJACK is playing games with the USB ports? Could it be that "MAGIC" was looking for "JACK" (USB) couldnt find JACK(usb port),got mad and left your USB ports not in the shape he found them ? 
-TJ-
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