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I recently bought a Lenovo Ideapad 3 Gaming laptop to have something to use on the go an and noticed it had a USB C port on the side next to the charging port. Upon plugging in a USB C to USB C cable it doesn't want to read data or charge itself when plugged into a USB hub with 100W of power is...

So I have a DJI mini SE drone and my phone is a Moto G Stylus. Used to have no issues with this and out of nowhere I just can' t seem to get my phone to even proc the USB in the system notifications where it will ask how you want whats plugged in to be associated with what and such. When I plug...

Hello, I bought a new 64gb high speed flash drive and I wondered if I could split it into 2 partitions so that one would be used for a live boot os (puppy linux probably) and the other one as a normal USB. Would this work?

Extra context in case it's needed - 10 month old prebuild - Intel Core i5 100400F, 16GB RAM, NVIDIA Gforce 2060, also have no knowledge of computers, so please be patient with me if I struggle to understand something :) A few days ago I noticed that when I tried to boot my PC up, it would turn...

I have the Hyperx Cloud Flight wireless headset, which uses a USB dongle to connect to my computer. I've used them on my desktop for over a year now with no issues and recently started using them on my laptop. At first, everything was normal, but after a week or so of using them, they became...

Hi there, I am looking to upgrade my current motherboard, and am looking at motherboards and am a little confused. I went to PCpartpicker and was filtering motherboard by features and was trying to find a front IO header that matched what my case has. My case is a Fractal Design Meshify with USB...

so my flash drive was connected to my LED TV for 2 or 3 days and after that when I attach it to my PC nothing shows up. here is image from disk management. can someone tell if the entire USB hardware is damaged or if it's just a software issue?

For a while now I have been struggling with an issue where my headset and occasionally my mouse stop working and start working again. I have a Beyerdynamic DT 990 Pro connected to a Fosi Audio DAC-Q4 that connects to two of my USB ports and a Vaxee Outset AX mouse. So far, the big issue is my...

Hello, I apologize if this is the wrong place for this, I am new to this forum and am experiencing a very strange issue. I think it is related to Windows 11, but I am worried it might be my motherboard(?) The TL/DR version: I have many USB ports on my computer, both A and C, of various...

For a while now I have been struggling with strange USB dropouts; ranging from my keyboard no longer functioning to sometimes every USB port dropping out including the USB headers. I am not using any hubs either. This problem happens at a roll of a die, but usually happens at start up and...

I used Balena etcher to format a usb stick onto a debian iso, then wanted to undo it. Did diskpart but closed it in the middle of formatting, now even after cleaning it only shows 900~ mb of unallocated space even though it is a 16gb drive. When i do format from the file explorer it says...

Hey all, So, I'm an idiot. I was replacing my power supply because the old one was was faulty (free RMA ftw), and in order to get some of the cables through the PC I yanked on one. In doing so, I accidentally also pulled the case USB connecter out of the MOBO, and broke several pins. I know...

I have a Mikomi Digital Voice Recorder (Model ET858). It came with a cable to connect it to my computer but I've lost that cable (presumed thrown out) so I'm try to get a replacement. However, I don't recognise the socket on the device so I'd like some help identifying what it is in order to buy...

so I have a USB stick lying around, it's been through water damage as i forgot it was in my pant's pocket while it got washed. When I tried to check if it worked it didn't cause any problems, just that some files were corrupted, though I did that with an old pc (like DDR2 old) and here I am...

My system does not have PWM headers for case fans, so I have been searching for temperature-based fan controllers. I have come across a kit board that does precisely this, albeit using a thermistor, which can only read the ambient case temperature: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077SLWWXL ...

So about 8 times out of 10, when I boot my PC I am greeted with this error. "USB overcurrent status detected - System will shut down after 15 seconds." Unplugging all of my USB devices and performing a power drain didn't fix it . Unplugging the case USB headers did not fix it either, which...

I wish to record daily 9am to 5pm Zoom / MS Teams video meeting using OBS Studio screen recorder. It's likely to be 90 days worth to record at about 1GB per day. I only have 20GB left in my laptops internal old limited capacity SSD. Am I better off using the laptop's SSD (and at the end of the...

Question is: Will it consider as basic pocket USB, or will the windows want to format the ssd every time i unplug or plug in ? Bcs i want it to use the 2.5 SSD as a USB basically, sometimes use sometimes not, wont be plugged all the time, this is the thingy...

Hello, I own a Dell Inspiron 3576 with i5 8250U without dedicated graphics card and recently the problem started. I had dual boot Ubuntu and windows. My USB ports stopped working. After reboot they still didn't work, so I turned on the Dell diagnosis software in bios and everything worked to the...

I have a Dell Latitude 3420 laptop and I want to perform a clean install of Windows 10 on it. But it turns out that if I have a USB stick plugged in, it wouldn't start to windows and if I try to open the BIOS it be will stuck at loading and will only go in the BIOS once I remove the USB stick...

I'm using an Acer Aspire 3 and in the BIOS there's no where to boot from USB ?

Hello. Someone told me if i install an operating system on a USB drive, say, Linux Mint, i shouldn't expect more than 300-400 hours of work before the drive dies. The person told me that a lot of reading can damage the USB drive by causing read disturb errors. The same goes for video games too -...

I bought a SanDisk 256GB USB flash drive from a credible source. However, I have some suspicion that it may be a fake. How do I check if the USB flash drive is legitimate or fake? Is there a program that can analyze the USB flash drive, and tell me if it's legitimate or fake?

Hello, i borrowed this drive from a friend so i can backup his files. After plugging the drive in my pc, it shows up with no problems. However, for safety i tried scanning it with windows defender. It detects 1 virus and the scan stopped. I tried to "clean threat" and "quarantine" that virus but...

Since a few days, my usb keyboard and mouse reconnect when ups makes electrical noises. It seems to be related to voltage fluctuations and i have experienced a few power cuts recently. When i manually switched off power to ups, the keyboard and mouse worked normally. When i played elden ring...

When Laptop is connected to charger the USB devices keep disconnecting and reconnecting, but when laptop is not charging everything works fine. I have dual-boot, Windows 11 and Linux (UBUNTU) , same problem in both OS. I have tried same usb devices in other laptop . they work fine in other...

Hi All, The issue is with the usb on the front panel of my case. I tried to connect a few usb 3 devices and they work. If I connect any usb 2 device like a security key, a thumb stick or a game pad it doesn't. The same devices work fine if i connect them to another port. The light on my...

Hello. The BIOS Mode Menu of my BIOS has only one option - UEFI. My question is, how do i add a second option, Legacy mode, so i can run the BIOS in Legacy mode, too? I heard that BIOS Legacy is the only way to make Windows 7 and XP to work on my laptop. I would like to install Windows 7 and XP...

Hello everyone I have bought several brand new in-package Kingston USB drives I have turned off Network adapters in Device Manager The computer is not connected to a network 1. Has there been any instances, stories etc., where a Kingston USB drive turned on /activated and used the network...

I have an Xbox One controller attached to my Windows 11 PC via USBIP* and it shows up in Device Manager and Control Panel, appearing to be connected as normal with no errors in the event log. In Device Manager, the controller's drivers appear to be up-to-date, showing it as an "Xbox One...

Mobo: ASUS P5G41T-M LX CPU: Xeon 5450 I have problems with the mouse not working, first it worked when I built the pc today, but now it doesn't. I have tried my keyboard in the same USB ports and it works fine, but my mouse or pen-drive doesn't. I have tried resetting the cmos, and also...

Hello, english isn't my first languague, apologies in advance. My dad has a USB Modem (atleaste that's how we call it in our country). He pays a company for the service. At home, when he connects it to his laptop he gets internet, simple use. He works as a rheumatologist at his place. When he...

There's this blue USB port on my laptop called "USB port with power-off charging" used to charge mobile devices even when the laptop is sleeping or off. I plan to use the port for a microphone because all the other ports on my laptop are used for my keyboard and mouse. I want to keep it...

I have an HP M28a printer/scanner connected via USB to my Windows 10 workstation. I want other machines to be able to use the print and scan functions when my Windows 10 workstation is powered down. My router (Netgear R7800) supports sharing a USB printer, but it doesn't mention scanning...

I have Slackware 15 installed on my Lenovo T460. It's specs are Intel i5, 8GB DDR4 RAM, SD8TB8U256G1001-3/256GB SSD. I upgraded my kernel and it caused startx to not work so I was only able to load the kernel and sign in but my laptop wpupd boot into the SSD and load Linux. I changed a few...

I have a Samsung Bar 256gb usb flash drive i bought just slightly over 2 years ago and it suddenly stopped working. It shows up in device manager as smi usb memory bar usb device, it shows zero storage capacity, no volumes or anything like that. I was doing some reading and i think the...

Hello all. I have a Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E520 and the USB slot-in card, pictured below, is damaged and needs replacing. I want to know if I can upgrade it to USB 3.0 or if the laptop wont support it. Thank you.

So I have this pair of computer speakers, but to get the power they have to be connected to a wall plug. However I find this annoying and noticed it uses USB to power the speakers, so I decided to use it on my pc rear IO. However, I did a search online and it said that USB 2.0 is able to...

Is there a way to check the number of write/erase cycles my USB flash drive has, and the health of the USB flash drive? Is there a way to see the S.M.A.R.T status of the USB flash drive? With CrystalDisk, you can see the health of your SSD/HDD. Is there a software like CrystalDisk, but for USB...

Hey all, Got a bit of a problem with my Precision Rack 7910. About 12 months ago the USB ports would not work after rebooting. Restarting a few times seemed to have fixed that and as long as the system was running it was fine. Now they won't work at all. No keyboard, mouse, flash drives...