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USB ports dont require there own power. If they dont work its A. The motherboard is broken or B. The System Drivers are somehow conflicting. This could also mean that your usb may be disabled. Check your Device manager. I use a 500watt btw, im about to upgrade to a 1200watt.

I work with computers for a living; my usb devices showed no anomalities in the device manager; everything looked ok. Uninstalled devices, rebooted, re-installed: no go. Looked on the internet for solutions: nothing. I too thought of a hardware error and maybe this is just the first sign of my motherboard dying, but for as long as it lasts I enjoy it.

I used a asus board once, i had issues with my webcam being pluged in. Every thing would lag without reason.

This sounds exactly like my problem. I had no problems running other games (like Red Orchestra) because I don't use USB devices playing them. I always thought IL2 was just too heavy for my pc and getting 20 fps with my setup was just the max I could I achieve..