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Posted by: hampz

i was using my usb cable fine and all of a sudden when i plug it in it says:
"USB Device No Recognized...One of the USB Devices attacthed to this computer has malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognize it."

Can someone help...cuz itz frustratin.

Posted by: josh7143

This usually happens when in one or more of the following situations is true:

1. Your USB port has gone bad and/or loose
2. If front USB ports, the cable has become disconnected from the motherboard and/or was connected improperly.
3. The USB device is fried and defective

4. Windows drivers somehow corrupted (see explanation below)

I know that I once accidentally connected the front USB header incorrectly to the motherboard and I fried two USB devices. One was just a USB to PS/2 mouse converter but the other was a wallet size 512MB USB flash drive

Try using other USB ports or cleaning the contacts on your cable before you go jabbing it in and out too much more.

The Windows corruption I encountered before is very strange. I tried reloading windows again, etc, and still the device was showing in device manager as VEN_0000 and DEV_0000. On other computers it was fine and after reloading windows completely, it worked fine.

Check to see what Windows is detecting the Vendor and Device ID numbers as by doing the following: (assuming you have Windows 2000/XP)
1. Click Start -> Run -> type "WINMSD" without quotes, Click OK
2. Expand "Components"
3. Click "Problem Devices"
4. Look under PNP Device ID and see what the ID string is. Try different USB ports and refresh the data and see if it's the same.

Let me know what you find!

Posted by: Wirepro

The problem I usually have with this error is dirty contacts on your data port. I work with many many phones every week and that is the main cause of errors that I receive when connecting a phone. Try using a toothbrush with some isopropyl alcohol and clean your data port. Isopropyl alcohol works well and will not cause corrosion on your components. Usually after cleaning the phone will detect fine. Let me know if you get it working.

Posted by: hampz

do i Clean the usb port on the phone cord with alcohol???? or my actual usb port??

Posted by: josh7143

Both... the cleaner the better

Posted by: Cauterized

what if windows detects my 8000 but it bitpim says it has an error transitioning from none to brew? what do i do then?