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USB port stopped working
One of the 2 USB at the front of my PB desktop has stopped working.
I uninstalled all the ports but this one is still not working.My friend suggested a clean install but I am reluctant as I have 300gig on this drive that will need to be backedup beforehand.Anything else I can try or is it likely to be a motherboard fault. I was using these 2 ports to backup some laptop drives before one stopped working..Thanks in advance |
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USB port stopped working
spud wrote:
One of the 2 USB at the front of my PB desktop has stopped working. I uninstalled all the ports but this one is still not working.My friend suggested a clean install but I am reluctant as I have 300gig on this drive that will need to be backedup beforehand.Anything else I can try or is it likely to be a motherboard fault. I was using these 2 ports to backup some laptop drives before one stopped working..Thanks in advance Try any other simple USB device, like a mouse, in that port. If that fails, the port has likely failed. One of the continuing problems with USB is that, depending on the mainboard, the port might not have much overpower protection. External disks, powered only by the USB port (rather than using an external power source), place a huge burden on the USB power availability. IMO, external USB disks should have a external power supply, leaving the USB port protected from overload. Q |
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USB port stopped working
I did an update when i got my laptop back from toshiba, and my ports went out like they did before i sent it in... "usb device is not recognized" is what i get, now i uninstalled the usb hubs and controllers from the device manager menu... Its not having trouble installing drivers for the host controllers and the usb controllers.... How do i find drivers for those if they may not be on the pc? -- dj2freaky71 |