USB device not recognized. unknown device

USB device not recognized, peripheral unknown.  I can not connect any USB

If no USB device does not is that you need to install drivers of motherboard (chipset) or your USB ports on the motherboard failed. Since you have told us nothing about your computer, it's as specific as I can get. See the links in general troubleshooting below and if they do not help, post back with the missing information by:

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Troubleshooting USB by Uwe Sieber -http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtrouble_e.html

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