Only one usb drive works at a time

[Ashish Joseph]

Here are my pc specs
Core 2 quad Q9550 2.83 ghz
Asus P5G41T-MLX mobo
4gb ddr3 ram
GTX 750 ti
1TB WD Green hdd
Antec VP450P 450W psu
Windows 10 pro 64 bit
Whenever i insert more than 1 usb drive, only the first one works. The second one is read most likely, but it is impossible to copy from one to other. It says copying, but at 0 bytes/s. My pc has several usb 1 and 2.0 ports. The other usb port devices like mouse and keyboard, etc works fine and a flash drive can also be used while they are connected. It is not the problem of the usb drive as they work fine on other pcs. And also tried using several usb drives, same issue. Is it because of the old motherboard? I have used Windows xp, 7 , 8.1 and now 10 on the same pc, and the problem was still there before(not Windows 10's fault).

 

[jsmithepa]

Probably a power issue as the laptop usb ports can only supply so much power.

Either power all your externals via supplied PSU, if there are jacks for them, or use a powered usb hub.

 

[Ashish Joseph]

Probably a power issue as the laptop usb ports can only supply so much power.

Either power all your externals via supplied PSU, if there are jacks for them, or use a powered usb hub.

It is a desktop

 

[jsmithepa]

[It is a desktop

So what you are saying is, you have desktop, it should not have power problems.

Well, if everything is HEALTHY, that would be a true assessment, except you have this weird problem.

 

[Ashish Joseph]

[It is a desktop

So what you are saying is, you have desktop, it should not have power problems.

Well, if everything is HEALTHY, that would be a true assessment, except you have this weird problem.

Was it possible to use more than 1 usb flash drives simultaneously in older pcs?

 

[HotPantsHenry]

Did this start happening as soon as you upgraded to windows 10?

 

[Ashish Joseph]

Did this start happening as soon as you upgraded to windows 10?

no, it was like this before