I reinstalled windows again, its on a SSD so goes a bit quicker, and all usb ports work. The thing is windows is telling me I need too install a usb host driver, yet without the host driver I originally installed that caused me to lose all my usb ports, all the ports work. Im kinda dumb founded by this. if they work , even though windows is telling me I need a driver, do I really need a new driver. My thinking is maybe the driver uses the new usb 3 to its full potential. any ideas on this. its been a few years since I built a new system and had to deal with these issues. LOL