Dell 2001Fp USB ports not working

[bingobazza]

And I dont understand how to make them work, as I have never wanted them to work before, but Im trying to use it to charge my Ipod?? Any ideas guys?

Bingo

[Dexter_Cain]

make sure you have the the 'hub' or the monuitor plugged into your computer via usb

[CASSHERN]

My father bought a new Dell computer a few months ago and he had the same problem. It turned out to be a cable that wasn't plugged properly on the mother board apparently ...

[SamIAm]

There's always a bit of software recognition for the USB hub. Maybe check the list of devices to see if it appeared there?
-Sam

[Freakin]

how many cords do you have plugged into the 2001FP, not including the devices you want to plug in like the ipod?

[Paul B.]

OMG so that's what that extra cord was for. I'm so angry that I never took advantage of it til now tytyty

[CORed]

Things to check:

There should be a USB cable running from your computer to the monitor. If not, that's your problem. Unplug, reconnect both ends and see if it works.

If there is a USB cord from your computer to your monitor, try plugging it into a different USB connecton on the computer, preferable one that you know works. Try switching the cable with a known good cable, e.g. one you use to connect a printer or something. If the usb port on the monitor work and the device doesn't after you do this, you've got a bad cable. Replace.

Basicly, you want to figure out what component is bad, by a logical process of substitution. It could be the port on your computer, the cable or the usb hub on th monitor.

[housenuts]

bump because i'm having the same problem. what do i need to do? did you ever figure it out?

i just grabbed my monitor from home and am now across the country with it and realized those USB hubs would now be extremely useful...what cable did i forget to grab to make it work? i have a male-male usb cable (but just plugging that into one of the ports) and running other USB devices from the other ones doesn't work.

am i supposed to have a different cable? there is a more square looking port with the same usb symbol on the bottom on the monitor. am i supposed to have a usb-to-square shape cable to make this work?

any help appreciated.

[five4suited]

Yes, that's what it looks like. standard "flat" plug for connection to the pc, and a ~1 cm square plug for connection to the monitor. don't know if the square plug is proprietary, doubt it.