Wired Xbox Controller Won't Stay On

[SecretAsian]

My wired Xbox controller that I bought a couple months ago worked when I first plugged it in, got this problem, started to work again out of the blue, and now has stopped working again. Whenever I plug it in, the controller has power , but doesn't turn on fully, it doesn't light up the 1st quadrant. It flashes four times, with a couple seconds of time in between each flash, I think it's trying to find a driver, but for some reason can't find it. When I look in the device manager, the controller doesn't appear.

I'm running Windows 7 64-bit
I plugged the controller into my Xbox 360 and my other PC and it worked fine, so it isn't the controller.
I've tried downloading the driver from the Microsoft site and by using the CD installer, neither work.
I've tried different USB ports.
I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling drivers (and I'm 100% certain they are the right drivers).
I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling drivers in safe mode.
I've tried using Windows Update.
I've tried disabling driver signature enforcement.
I've tried Microsoft Fix It.
I've tried editing the registry.
Nothing works.
Any help on how to fix this problem? And how do I stop this from happening again in the future?

 

[Retrowire]

Oh my lord for the first time, I'm truly stumped. You've exhausted every option.

I originally thought, maybe the controller has a hardware defect but it works on other systems...

I hate this nuclear option but, try another controller?

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

I don't know how helpful this may be, but I sometimes have the same problem if I connect the controller to the front USB 2.0 ports. If I use the front USB 3.0 or any of the rear ports, then it works just fine.

 

[SecretAsian]

Oh my lord for the first time, I'm truly stumped. You've exhausted every option.

I originally thought, maybe the controller has a hardware defect but it works on other systems...

I hate this nuclear option but, try another controller?

I don't think that would work, again my PC is the problem, so I would guess that another controller would have the same problem. But I'll try to get my friend to let me borrow his wired controller so I could test it.

I don't know how helpful this may be, but I sometimes have the same problem if I connect the controller to the front USB 2.0 ports. If I use the front USB 3.0 or any of the rear ports, then it works just fine.

I said in the post that I've already tried all the different USB ports.

 

[XForezoneX]

This controller that you are using, is it an offical Microsoft xbox 360 controller? or an aftermarket brand?

 

[Retrowire]

This controller that you are using, is it an offical Microsoft xbox 360 controller? or an aftermarket brand?

Ooh! Good question...

 

[SecretAsian]

This controller that you are using, is it an offical Microsoft xbox 360 controller? or an aftermarket brand?

It's a official one.