Not sure why anyone would try to upgrade the firmware of a device plugged in thru an externa USB hub to start with, but regardless of if there is or is not an external hub involved… It almost sounds like you have an external USB hub that you are plugging things into, but I can not be sure from the wording. In device manager, they are listed as “Unknown Device,” Device Status: No drivers installed. “” Turned computer on in the morning, and now USB hub and USB drives are no longer powered or recognized. OK, but you did not say if you left the Fuze or any other USB devices plugged in and/or if it or any other USB devices had been properly disconnected before you turned the computer off. “” I turned my computer off for the night.
So, I have no idea as to exactly what “worked fine” at that point… your computer, the Fuze, or what? Nor did you say if you plugged the Fuze back in and it connected and/or if you transfered any other files to it. You did not say if you unplugged the Fuze player and that it completed the upgrade and worked or not. “” Installed firmware update software, updated fuze and everything worked fine. Now let me see if I got this all straight. Tried uninstalling all motherboard USB controllers, hubs and drivers, then reinstalling. Turned computer on in the morning, and now USB hub and USB drives are no longer powered or recognized. Then, I turned my computer off for the night.
Installed firmware update software, updated fuze and everything worked fine. This should restore the system to like it was before this wrote: That why they are there and available to turn back the clock if you encounter a system problem you can’t fix. Maybe you should try reverting Windows back to a previous ‘system restore point’. However, the damamge is done now, regardless of the cause. Out of the thousands of people who post here on the forum, I have never heard of the Updater causing the USB problems you are citing, so I find it hard to believe that it is truly (and by itself) to blame. It actually takes less time to manually update the firmware than it does to install the Updater and wait for it to do it for you. The manual instructions are in the ‘sticky’ (shaded) Firmware Update post at the top of the Fuze board where it will always be easy to find and accessable. Well, I have to agree (at least partially) with you. I did reboot after uninstalling MOBO USB controllers. Nothing else was changed other than installing the updater. It’s the updater software installed on XP, that’s what caused the problem. I looked for a manual method but didn’t see one right away, should have looked harder. Boy was I stupid to do that, should have known it would be poorly designed and cause problems.