Athlon 1.4ghz
Asus A7M266 (AMD North, VIA South)
512MB PC2100
Radeon 7200
SB Audigy OEM
WinXP Pro

It all started when I got a Mad Catz Andretti racing wheel. I hooked it up to a USB port, installed drivers ran a game (NFS High Stakes I believe). In the middle of the game, the wheel stops working. Looking in gaming controllers, the wheel was no longer there. Looking at USB, it said unrecognized device.

Unplugged it, plugged it back in. Windows pops up a message in the system tray saying unrecognized. Reboot, the wheel is back, but disappears again after a while. Thought it was a problem with the wheel (which when detected, worked perfectly). Since Mad Catz didn't support it anymore, I put the wheel away to deal with the problem later.

Now, I plug in my USB scanner (Canon Canoscan N1240U). Doesn't scan at all. After a while, it too becomes an unrecognized device.

I have installed the newest non-beta BIOS for my motherboard (1007). I don't see anything else I can do.

Oh, in the BIOS, I have tried enabling USB legacy devices, doesn't seem to make a difference.

Can somebody help? Should I install the VIA 4n1s (even though VIA Arena tells me not to?)