PC - no boot if USB printer connected?

[ziggie]

USB seem real finicky but all my latest lexmark printer drivers are installed. I've tried the older driver's and the newer ones -- same thing.The issue:It hangs at boot up and well never finish ------- But if I disconnect it's USB cord ---- if boots up normally.Am I stuck with this issue ??

[Tushman]

USB seem real finicky but all my latest lexmark printer drivers are installed. I've tried the older driver's and the newer ones -- same thing.The issue:It hangs at boot up and well never finish ------- But if I disconnect it's USB cord ---- if boots up normally.Am I stuck with this issue ??

What motherboard do you have? Look on the manufacturer's website and check to see if there is an update for your chipset driver available.

[ziggie]

chip set drivers............... nice, didn't think of that.I'll be back later tomm.

[kkehoe]

Does your printer have a card reader? It's possible that the computer might be looking at it as a boot device. Check your BIOS for settings related to booting from USB and disable them. Also, check to see if there's a newer BIOS version available for your board.Kevin

[Grasshopper]

Does your printer have a card reader? It's possible that the computer might be looking at it as a boot device. Check your BIOS for settings related to booting from USB and disable them. Also, check to see if there's a newer BIOS version available for your board.

I'll second this.

[nlinecomputers]

If it was attempting to boot off of the printer's drives you should get an error about not boot device found or it ought to skip and move on. I'm thinking a shorted printer or cable. Try replacing the cable with a new one.

[ziggie]

All great things to check, i'll do so tomm when i get home.Thx guys

[ziggie]

Well, it's emachine T3646 and Lexmark 5470 printer.There isn't a new BIOS or mobo chipset driver, I've replaced the printer cable (twice).Even thou the printer works fine ---- I've downloaded another printer driver set to install.Any more ideas would be great...!!!Just a thought, some time ago I seen where (using XP) one could remove some grey un-used USB connections or something like that, is there something along these lines for Vista....... and will it even help ?

[Tushman]

Well, it's emachine T3646 and Lexmark 5470 printer.There isn't a new BIOS or mobo chipset driver, I've replaced the printer cable (twice).Even thou the printer works fine ---- I've downloaded another printer driver set to install.Any more ideas would be great...!!!Just a thought, some time ago I seen where (using XP) one could remove some grey un-used USB connections or something like that, is there something along these lines for Vista....... and will it even help ?

In XP's device manager, there is an option to show 'hidden devices' and it would show you any previously installed hardware. Ghost devices used to be a problem with Win9.x operating systems, but with the release of XP, it's never been an issue - atleast none that I have encountered in my work. I don't think that's the problem in your case.There is a boot diagnostics utility called BootVis that works with XP. Since you're running Vista, I have a hunch it might not work - but it's worth a shot. You've got nothing to lose at this point.Edit:If the boot vis utility will not install on your system, then enable boot logging in Vista. Press F8 upon system bootup to bring up the OS choices menu. Edited October 27, 2008 by Tushman

[nlinecomputers]

When it hangs on boot up. At what point does it hang? If you press F8 during boot up you get a menu with on option to boot up with a bootlog. Post the results of that log from your failed bootup.

[ziggie]

Thanks all..... and will do.