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    Question gamer keyboard USB 2.0 only 62.5 hz a polling rate

    The gamer keyboard only has a polling rate of 62,5hz for some reason, and I think it should have a polling rate of 1,000hz. Keyboard: White Shark Commandos GK-2106W/R-HU why is this, how can it be solved? Motherboard: PRIME B550-PLUS
  2. xBHSx

    Question Why does Windows sometimes not detect my USB speakers ?

    Hello, I have bought these Pioneer USB Speakers. They are old but work flawlessly and the sound is amazing. The only problem is sometimes Windows does not detect them even though the speaker lights are on. I tried to check the Device Manager and this is what I see: Device Manager Image
  3. S

    Question An old laptop is unable to safely remove external hard drives and it's causing errors

    So I've got this old ASUS laptop that's about eight years old with Windows 8.1. All I want to do is use it to copy some files from one external HD to another. The laptop is a mess though. The screen flickers and goes to black constantly and it's extremely slow. The data I'm trying to transfer is...
  4. A

    Question Laptop not recognising USB headset, not installing drivers ?

    I recently bought a new ROG Zephyrus G15 GA503QM laptop and when i try to plug in my Hyper X Cloud Alpha S with USB it does not recognise it at all, like no Windows prompt or anything. The small dongle thing gets power but the normal hyperx devices dont show up in device manager or in playback...
  5. merrickman2003

    How to stream audio from phone to pc

    I got a new phone and thought to use my old one for music. I realised the best way of doing that would be to connect it to my pc audio output, and it would be insanely convenient compared to running itunes on a monitor for music because of the touchscreen. I tried a program called airfoil...
  6. J

    Question Adapter from a laptop's 3.5mm audio jack to USB headset?

    My headset has a built-in USB plug. Where can I find an adapter that will let me use it with my laptop's 3.5mm audio jack? Amazon sells lots of adapters with the right connectors, but they all seem to be made for attaching an MP3 player to an auxiliary storage device, and they don't work with a...
  7. Giorgi379

    Question how to to access device remotely from remote computer?

    hello all i need help how to to access device remotely from remote computer? USB from remote computer to OBD2 interface to car. or Ethernet to OBD2 like this
  8. Chezzybunz

    Question Can I use a large capacity usb as a storage device?

    Ive been wondering if using a 1tb or what have you usb flash stick is a legitimate or possible alternative to internal/external ssd or hdd. If it is a possible alternative would the download speeds be much slower? My purpose would be to store files but also games as well. Also I have looked in...
  9. radeunder

    [SOLVED] Where to connect pins

    Hello I have 4 leftover pins to connect but idk where. 3 PIN FAN 3 PIN ARGB 3 PIN RGB again and some USB 3.1 cable which comes from the front of the case View: https://imgur.com/a/tiFPsHx
  10. E

    Question Where to store my dataset (read-only)

    I have a 2TB training dataset to run in my desktop PC with 4 nvidia rtx2080ti graphics cards. This entire 2TB dataset is going to be continuously read from the disk (without break) at each training epoch and there are 200 epochs to train (total training time is estimated as two months). My...
  11. ALee01234

    Question Constant Issue of "Unknown USB Device (Device Descriptor Request Failed)"

    Yesterday night, I started hearing the notification sound of a device connecting and disconnecting every other second. When checking 'Bluetooth & devices > Devices', I saw an unknown USB device that was showing up and disappearing/disconnecting pretty much every other second. It's cooled down...
  12. S

    Question USB Drive can't format to Fat32 and showing wrong size

    While, I was trying to install the windows 10 media tool in my usb drive, it got disconnected and the drive broke. At first it said "insert disk" and the drive couldn't work and after I tried several things the drive now shows 57.3GB of storage instead of 32GB and it's on NTFS file system. The...
  13. Z

    Question Gigabyte X570 Gaming X v1.0 - Keyboard & Mouse turn off in BIOS ?

    Hello all! I have had this PC for a couple of years, it suddenly started BSODing two days ago (a few PCI errors). I do not overclock, I'm very minimal, everything is almost always updated with the latest drivers. I ended up having to reinstall Windows completely yesterday. Upon using a USB to...
  14. T

    Question How to fix or replace front panel USB 9pin female connector?

    I'm not sure how to explain it but the pictures should do a better job, I'm not sure how get this red wire back into the 9 pin female plastic casing without breaking the casing? I've tried opening the black plastic casing but I can't seem to do so and it seems that I would have to break the...
  15. S

    Question Wired headset hangs PC by continuously connecting and disconnecting

    I've been using a wired headset for a year. Sometimes when the pc(windows 10) is on(don't even need to have some audio playing)the headset disconnects and connects repeatedly causing the pc to hang. The pc recovers but the headset don't work until I restart the PC. The headset is connected to...
  16. R

    [SOLVED] External enclosure for 3.5in internal media reader

    I'm upgrading my PC case to a new one with one fewer external drive bays, and so I don't have room for my internal multimedia reader, which is similar to this: https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-Internal-Reader-writer-CR-USNT/dp/B00GAKX34E?th=1. My ideal would be an external bay like the external...
  17. ethan206

    [SOLVED] USB-C bandwidth & limitations ?

    I was looking into USB-C docks and was getting confused on their limitations (or more so my laptop's limitations). This Anker USB-C one...
  18. S

    Question Computer does not Post when GPU is seated

    Hello, i have a weird problem, 4 months ago i built my first PC and everything went well. however yesterday i moved to another town and when i set up my pc, i was getting no signal on my monitor and a red VGA Debug light. i reseated my gpu, my ram, checked all connections and everything seems...
  19. F

    Question Can someone help me figure out why my PC malfunctions while gaming?

    Here’s a little background before I list out what I’ve done so far followed by my system specs. Sorry it’s wordy but I want to capture as much info as possible. I’ve been a long time lurker so I appreciate any advice! Background: I built my a PC about a year ago (didn’t tune components much)...
  20. Kutugari

    Question How to fix GPU causing usb and display ports to stop working?

    I have recently bought a new gpu. After plugging it into my computer and turning it on all of the fans work, including the one on the gpu, however there is a problem, the usb and display ports stop working, meaning I cant use a keyboard or mouse and cant connect it to any display. When I dont...
  21. W

    Question PC freezes constantly and can't shut down

    PC Specs: i5 12400f Gigabyte B660 DS3H AX DDR4 WIFI Corsair Ballistic DDR4 2x8GB RAM MSi GTX 1060 3GB Crucial P2 m.2 1TB EVGA supernova G650 This is a somewhat new build with some parts (PSU and GPU) reused from my old PC and was built around April this year. I've pretty much had some kind of...
  22. Scribbler2099

    Question Asus Prime x570-pro and Lian Li Evo - front panel not all working

    I have the Lian Li Evo, and my mobo is the Asus Prime x570-pro. Everything seems to work fine except that the front panel has 2 usb a port and 1 usb c port, but one of the usb A ports doesn’t work. Updated and Looked in bios, seems like all the usb stuff is enabled, was wondering if anyone...
  23. rounakr94

    Question Is it normal for PC to leak slight AC?

    After one of my friend said that his PC was giving him shocks I checked that he didn't have a proper cable. After installing a 3pin cable with ground pin I came back and checked my system. Everything was fine and no shocks but there is a slight voltage (~1.8VAC) on the USB port metal part or...
  24. cromsoi

    Question The motherboard does not have enough Type E USB connectors for all the ports on the case"

    Building my first PC and I'm a little confused regarding the USB connectors. Got this message on a compatibility checker: The motherboard does not have enough Type E USB connectors for all the ports on the case". Also, on PCPartPicker I got these two notes about my build, but I don't understand...
  25. C

    Question USB Over Current Detected. Dead Motherboard?

    Hi, Yesterday when booting up my PC I was met with the USB Device Over Current Status Detected !! and the system shut down after 15 seconds. I had never seen the error before, had made no changes to my system at all and have not had any issues with my PC for ~5 years. I googled possible...
  26. M

    Question Can I connect a Corsair MP600 SSD as an external drive?

    I have a Corsair MP600 SSD, which is currently plugged into my motherboard. The invoice from the people who built my PC says it's a "Corsair Force PCIe Gen.4 MP600 1TB NVMe", which I think must be this one. I would like to be able to remove it, and plug it in as an external drive, but am a bit...
  27. G

    Question How to make USB ports still charge stuff while off state (but power still there)

    Hello, I was wondering how I can charge my PS5 Controller on my PC while its off. So I want the USB ports to still work while its off but power is still there. I used to do this before but I cannot find the setting so any help? thanks
  28. D

    Question Front Panel Connectors Issue

    So I've never had a problem with front ports, either USB or audio jacks. Recently I was deleting files with spacesniffer and was trying to delete an apple backup, little did I know is that I didn't read close enough and deleted appdata folder. After that I had a lot of settings issues, like...
  29. P

    Question I keep killing USBs and can’t fix them

    I have flashed multiple Linux iso’s to multiple USBs, and whenever I try to reverse it back to normal the USB just kills itself. I try diskpart clean, using Disk Manager, everything, and it always returns “Insert a disk into this drive” or “the specified file could not be found”, and I can’t...
  30. I

    Question HDMI to DP 1.2 converter cable (adapter) not working on one monitor, working on another

    Hello, so I have this problem, I bought this HDMI to DP adapter cable (image and link below) to use with my Asus ROG PG278Q monitor (it has just a single DP input) and an older Dell Inspiron 15 3000 series laptop and it is not working, it is not recognized on the laptop when connected. The...
  31. B

    Question USB Bluetooth

    I have multiple bluetooth devices noted in my Device Manager. I'm having problems with my Logitech trackball maintaining connection. 1) Why do I need so many Bluetooth dongles? 2) How can I determine which dongle is associated with my trackball so I can diagnose problems. 3) How did...
  32. Jazyagami

    Question What does this mean? And is there link I could be guided to to get this product?

    “ A USB 2.0 to USB 3.2 Gen 1 header adapter is required. A USB 3.2 Gen 1 to USB 3.2 Gen 2 header adapter is required. “ ( this is for the cpu cooler) This was told to me on pcpartpicker, Im getting a “be quiet! 500DX ATX mid tower case” and “Gigabyte B660M DS3H DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 MOBO” and...
  33. J

    Question Advice on SATA HDD to USB adaptor

    Hi, I’m currently using a notebook, but there are a few files on my previous computer’s HDD that I need. I have searched countless sites, and either they don’t have one (not even Curry’s PC World to my shock), or I’m just not sure if it’s right for my HDD. I have a Western Digital Black Sata...
  34. D

    Question Intel(R) 8 Series/C220 Series USB EHCI #1 - 8C26 failure (yellow triangle) after a few hours usage

    I hope this is the right place to ask, because I don't see a Windows 8 category. Recently I experience this situation where one particular USB port on my laptop would randomly stop working after a few hours of usage. When I check device manager, it shows this yellow triangle on the Intel(R) 8...
  35. A

    Question Pny usb stick problem

    Hi , I have a PNY usb memory stick , it's formated as a NTFS , when I copy something on it it's working very slow like speed is from 600kbps to 0(it stays some seconds on 0) even when I delete one small file it takes like 20-30 seconds to complete. Formated , optimized and windows error checking...
  36. HR_Luka

    [SOLVED] Cloning freshly installed Windows 11 image for future back up

    Hi, I am in the process of buying new laptop. I will install Windows 11 on it and then all of the programs I need. I was thinking about cloning image (SSD state) afterwards. That would allow me to save time when i need to crash my system again. I have a few questions. 1) Can I clone SSD image...
  37. I

    Question USB memory stick "the semaphore timeout period has expired"

    I have a Lexar USB memory stick which failed to copy a file (in Windows 10). I aborted the copy and retried the copy, but kept getting "the semaphore timeout period has expired". So then I opened Disk Manager and tried to format the drive. I got the same error. So I removed the drive...
  38. R

    Question USB transfer errors with max performance power settings

    [Moderator Note: Moving post from Systems to Home Audio - more applicable.] I’m using a new laptop as a digital audio workstation (DAW) and I have a USB audio interface for it (RME Babyface Pro FS). I keep getting crackles in the audio that are a result of USB CRC errors during audio...
  39. Gil1908

    [SOLVED] Gigabyte Z690 boot from CD

    How can I boot from CD or from USB with the Z690? I can see the CD drive on the SATA device list, but it doesn't show as an option on the boot menu. I can see all the other SATA devices as boot options so it's not a question of changing the boot order or seeing hard disks it's a question of why...
  40. B

    [SOLVED] USB port not working with any device

    Hi, just the other day one of the USB 3.0 ports on my PC tower completely stopped working. The PC is running Windows 11. The port's been perfectly functional for the last 4 years. The last thing I was trying to do was plug in a 32GB USB drive, and the computer had said that it detected it but...