USB ports
Gentlemen: (and computer savvy ladies, of course). Here's my problem. Three year old Dell 4600 desktop running win xp sp2. Six usb ports on BACK of the machine, of which two are occupied by flash drives for data backup. Have been using HP deskjet printer (parallel connection?) with excellent results. System has been stable since new. Now, arrival two days ago of a new Epson cx7000F all-in-one printer (usb connection). Win xp can't recognize printer (printer not ready, communication failure), or can't recognize flash drives after reboot. Try all usb ports for printer, no luck. Flash drives work in all ports. Device manager says all usb ports are fine. Now here's the best part. Plug printer into either of two usb ports on FRONT of the computer (meant for infrequent uses such as downloading pictures from a camera), and everything works just fine. What is happening here? Do I have to install an extra PCI usb board (I have spare slots)?
Thanks,
CY