work around broken usb ports acer 5332 seems to work!!! FIXED workaround

[annatheminx]

To those that have posted that their ACER 5332 has broken USB ports, mine failed after a short in a usb device, both USB plugs stopped working, but showed up in device manager ok.

i googled forever and found no solution, its mother board damage apparantly. and more expensive to fix then worth.

HOWEVER!

i noticed when i used a external usb CD-rom which had one usb for power, and one for read-write- if the power cable was powering from another computer, the ACER would identify the CD Drive and it WORKED!

so i thought, the USB plugs must WORK but lack POWER only,

i went on ebay, brought a usb hub with its own plug power source and using this, i can now use my acer USB and the hub

 

[jarotech]

Hi, the problem is the switch who deliver the power to the USB ports, in the Acer Aspire 5332 the switch is the chip TPS2061.
You have a great solution to bypass the switch if it's the only problem.

 

[Biinny90324]

To those that have posted that their ACER 5332 has broken USB ports, mine failed after a short in a usb device, both USB plugs stopped working, but showed up in device manager ok.

i googled forever and found no solution, its mother board damage apparantly. and more expensive to fix then worth.

HOWEVER!

i noticed when i used a external usb CD-rom which had one usb for power, and one for read-write- if the power cable was powering from another computer, the ACER would identify the CD Drive and it WORKED!

so i thought, the USB plugs must WORK but lack POWER only,

i went on ebay, brought a usb hub with its own plug power source and using this, i can now use my acer USB and the hub

so i know this is old but i plugged something into my USB port and heard a pop type noise and it no longer works, like with your solution what kind of USB hub are you talking about and would this workhttp/gyazo.com/2adbfd0c4d5790f737443f093c784a9b