Usb port problems

[kats4dog1]

Hello,
This morning my wireless mouse usb hub worked perfectly in my laptop, this aftenoon, this same mouse usb no longer fits into the usb ports on my laptop. Need help

 

[abekl]

Something got bent.

 

[mcnumpty23]

if it wont physically fit in then check the plastic insert part of the usb connection is still there--on the laptop and the mouse hub

these have been known to come off and leave the bare pins

then if you push a usb device in and the pins touch it shorts out--which isnt good

 

[kats4dog1]

Something got bent.

if it wont physically fit in then check the plastic insert part of the usb connection is still there--on the laptop and the mouse hub

these have been known to come off and leave the bare pins

then if you push a usb device in and the pins touch it shorts out--which isnt good

would you know if this is an expensive fix?

 

[kats4dog1]

Best answer selected by kats4dog1.

 

[kats4dog1]

would you know if this is an expesive fix?

 

[mcnumpty23]

if its on the actual laptop then its probably expensive as its usually soldered to the motherboard

though when its happened to me in the past i have still been able to use any other usb ports as long as i made sure none of

the exposed pins were touching each other in the faulty port

took out the battery--disconnected the charger and used a wooden toothpick to seperate the pins--then taped over the faulty

port so i wouldnt accidently plug a usb device in there

you can add usb ports with a pcmcia card if its the only port you have--or express port card if the laptop doesnt have pcmcia

these would be much cheaper than trying to do anything to the usb ports on the motherboard and just slot in

hope that helps