Mark has purchased a new working USB webcam. He connects the webcam to a USB port on his computer and finds that the computer does not detect it. He connects other working USB devices to the port and

Question

Options

• AVerify that the USB functionality is enabled in the BIOS.
• BPurchase another model of the USB webcam.
• CChange the computers motherboard.
• DReplace the USB port wires with a new one.

• A
  77% (23)
• B
  7% (2)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  13% (4)

Explanation

In order to resolve the issue, Mark should first verify that the USB functionality is enabled in the BIOS on the motherboard. The BIOS has an option for enabling and disabling the USB functionality. If this functionality is disabled from the BIOS, the USB ports on the computer will not work. Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a high speed bus standard developed by Compaq, IBM, DEC, Intel, Microsoft, NEC, and Northern Telecom. It provides the Plug and Play capability of Windows to external hardware devices. USB supports hot plugging, which means that a USB device can be installed or removed while the computer is running. A single USB port can be used to connect up to 127 peripheral devices, such as CDROM drives, tape drives, keyboards, scanners etc. USB 1.1 has a maximum data transfer rate of 12 Mbps, whereas USB 2.0 has a maximum data transfer rate of 480 Mbps. USB 2.0 is fully backward compatible with USB 1.1. Answer option C is incorrect. There is no need to change the motherboard, as the problem is most probably due to the BIOS setting for USB Answer option B is incorrect. Purchasing another model of the USB webcam will not help resolve the issue, because the problem is not with the webcam. Answer option D is incorrect. It is possible that the USB port wires are bad. However, this rarely happens.

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