My vista system won't recognize most usb objects

Hello,
My computer won't recognize plug and play devices, jump drive, web cams or photo camera, usb hubs it does recognize wifi adapter. Pretty much any thing that doesn't come with a device driver for me to install it won't recognize it. That even includes basic jump drives. I have gone to the manufacture website and reinstalled the motherboard drivers countless times . I have tried the microsoft diagnostic fix app. countless times. I know the devices work because they work on other devices, using linux and all are vista compliant.

operating system: vista media
processor: amd phenom II 4x 965
motherboard: bio star ta870u3+