Last Usb Device Malfunctioned

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Last Usb Device Malfunctioned And Windows Doesn't Recognize It
I've had my vive in a draw for about 12 months. I took it out during the steam sale because I bought a few things. It worked okay while I tryed them out, then the next day I went to fire it up and the headset wouldn't detect.
I restarted the link box and was greeted with the error message in the title.
I've removed the usb drivers from the developer tab in steam vr, i've plugged the headset in directly to the pc, tried different USB ports, different USB cables, a different PC even and always get the same error.
I contacted Vive support who had no answers, told me it was out of warranty and to have a nice day.
So I now have an expensive brick.
Does anyone have any ideas?
:edit: In device manager it shows as 'Unknown USB Device (Device Descriptor Request Failed)'
