I think I have worked it out I attached a USB drive to my computer and it was reconised, so the USB must be ok. I concur that the Epson printer...
Thanks for your speedy reply Falko The CD/DVD and scanner are switched on when the computer is switched on, not sure if I had the printer...
I loaded up Ubuntu for the first time as a new Linux user, everything went ok except all the device's I have connected that use a USB port has...
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