Did a Work-Around ... installed a "small" 70 gb HDD - Formatted it with MY Windows-8.1
Made a "RECOVERY DISK" & installed a FRESH copy (of the same ) Windows-8.1 on the small HDD
Added the ASUS drivers from my Drivers disk
Checked & "all" (each & every) USB port on the MotherBoard = All...
Just prepared a WINDOWS-8.1 ISO and will install it on a SPARE HDD
BelArc Advisor regurgitated my WINDOWS-8.0 product KEY
If the ASUS H97M-E motherboard does not locate & install the USB Ports on "this" installation then I will return it for replacement to ASUS & demand some sort of...
Great Idea --- I went to the ADD / REMOVE Programs and located TWO "unused" Anti-Virus trial versions
a TRIAL version of WIN-ZIP
ADOBE Acrobat Reader ... I use "FOX-IT Reader"
&
Lots of other unnecessary TRIAL-WARE
Removed a lot of crap ... which got rid of the constant "NAGGING" too ;)...
Great Idea --- I went to the ADD / REMOVE Programs and located TWO "unused" Anti-Virus trial versions
a TRIAL version of WIN-ZIP
ADOBE Acrobat Reader ... I use "FOX-IT Reader"
&
Lots of other unnecessary TRIAL-WARE
Removed a lot of crap ... which got rid of the constant "NAGGING" too ;)...
Thanks guys
I will try a few of those solutions & get a new activation key if required
Much appreciated for all the directions that I might be able distill a USB solution
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In my past experience with WINDOWS - MICROSOFT has been quite lenient with REPLACEMENT Parts including the Motherboard, PROCESSOR, RAM, VIDEO CARDS, SOUND Cards, etc ... and would tolerate quite a few PARTS being REPLACED or "UPDATED" and still consider the OPERATING SYSTEM to be VALID ... as...
Thanks guys ...
I don't know if this HELPS or is even pertinent ... this system (with the ORIGINAL motherboard) was put in service & activated by Microsoft several years ago ...
The replacement MOTHERBOARD (an ASUS item) was installed late last YEAR (November 2016) and has been in continuous...
My ASUS motherboard came with a fine DVD with software & Drivers included ... but ... they did NOT solve the inoperative USB situation ...
NOPE---my girlfriend has been using this SYSTEM with the NEW motherboard & the "OLD" everything else for several MONTHS now ... just without her USB Ports...
the FORUM can't HELP anyone if it gets taken down
I understand TECHNICALITIES
I was just not aware that the OPERATING System that I bought & Paid for ... on a HDD that came on the SYSTEM that I bought & Paid for ... and had to CHANGE the Motherboard that I had to PAY for TWICE (once IN the...
CRAZY - I understand ... but - I purchased it with my own CASH ... not understanding the PIRATED designation
But
RULES is RULES
Thanks
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Well ... that being said ... every (EVERY) other ASUS driver works "perfectly" ... the VIDEO / AUDIO / NETWORK / there is NOTHING that doesn't "WORK" perfectly (except the USB Ports) ...
And
ASUS insists that there is (of course) nothing WRONG with their MOTHERBOARD ... $$$$$ spent ... two...
Yup - That's the case ... the OPERATING System ( in the instance WINDOWS-8.1 64 bit) was recognized & works perfectly in ALL & EVERY Respect ... except for the USB ports are useless ... and THESE daze --- USB is everything !
So ... just trying to SCOUR / REMOVE all the OLD unused OEM drivers...