Heres a quick way to tell. This works on some older systems of windows. plug your printer in to any USB thats on the motherboard itself, not the frontpanel. Let the printer finish making its noise and then restart. Once you restart see if the printer goes through its normal tests and noise's. if it doesnt then its a good chance ddrgsd was right and its the hardware itseld. You can probably buy a new USB PCI card at staples or something for around $20.

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