Device driver was not successfully installed (no driver found) on Windows 7 x64

Anonymous
2014-07-23T15:44:09+00:00

I have had this problem for quite some time now, but tried to fix it on and off.

I knew I had problems with USB devices. Not even a standard keyboard will install.

Here is what I have found out:

I have a standard keyboard which I have used on this computer before.

Now it ONLY works if I plug it into the port I installed it on originally.

ALL other USB ports fail.

I then started trying moving other devices around.

They all ONLY work in the ports they were installed on originally.

ALL report a "no driver found" message when trying to use another port.

I then decided to check with a webcam that I never installed on this computer.

It fails on ALL ports.

So it's not only one port or one device.

I now want to move a 3TB harddisk from another computer of mine.

I have a USB3.0 dock that I KNOW supports 3TB drives as it already run one, but on another pc.

On this one I get the same error as in the title, no matter what port I try.

I then decided to pull the drive from the USB dock and mount it internally.

It STILL gives the above error as shown here:

It's almost as if Windows have lost ALL drivers for ALL devices??!?

I have tried the following:

commandline as admin > SFC /SCANNOW

That reports that eveything is fine.

I ran CHKDSK on all drives

No errors.

I tried running the following antispyware:

superantispyware

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

AdwCleaner

CCleaner

All gives a clean bill of health.

I read other people went into the device manager and deleted all the USB devices, so I tried that.

That made my mouse and keyboard die. Forced shutdown. Boot.

Then Windows showed me I needed USB drivers, but I could not get them as mouse and keyboard didn't work.

I had to boot on my Recovery Disc, and do a system restore.

I don't know if it's any help but I have this from an attempt to run a repair:

I am really getting deperate.

Oh, as a sidenote. Reinstalling/resetting Windows is NOT an option!

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-08-12T01:41:29+00:00

    I uninstalled and reinstalled them, not that it helped, but can't see how they can affect a harddisk not being installed.

    If that was the reason then I would not even be able to install Windows as the drivers for the chipset wasn't installed at the time.

    Chipset drivers are typically involved with the Hard drive controllers. There are generic drivers as part of the Windows 7 installation DVD for initial installation purposes.

    Sometimes the driver may become corrupt. That is why I suggested reinstalling them.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-08-11T22:20:55+00:00

    I uninstalled and reinstalled them, not that it helped, but can't see how they can affect a harddisk not being installed.

    If that was the reason then I would not even be able to install Windows as the drivers for the chipset wasn't installed at the time.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-08-11T12:22:34+00:00

    Have you installed the chipset drivers for your motherboard?

    http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4001#dl

    Quoting myself:

    "I have checked for new drivers from the motherboard producer last week."

    The latest drivers on the homepage are from january, so yes I did.

    I even checked on AMD's homepage to see if they had any newer ones for the FX990 chipset, but no.

    I would reinstall the chipset drivers.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-08-11T04:31:14+00:00

    Have you installed the chipset drivers for your motherboard?

    http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4001#dl

    Quoting myself:

    "I have checked for new drivers from the motherboard producer last week."

    The latest drivers on the homepage are from january, so yes I did.

    I even checked on AMD's homepage to see if they had any newer ones for the FX990 chipset, but no.

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-08-10T13:20:54+00:00

    The computer is one I built myself.

    I have checked for new drivers from the motherboard producer last week.

    My motherboard is a Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 rev.1.2 with the newest BIOS firmware.

    Please remember it's not only USB devices that won't work.

    I can't even add an internal harddisk to the SATA connectors on the motherboard.

    It gives the same error.

    A simple thing like moving my mouse to another USB port provides the same error.

    I will try your solution, but last time I went into the manager and started deleting USB bus controllers, all USB devices stopped working, including mouse and keyboard. I forced a reboot and then Windows asked me to plug in a mouse and keyboard. Windows came up with errors reinstalling the devices saying no drivers was found. I had to boot from my recovery cd and roll back the changes.

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