USB ports randomly cutting out

[Roguebantha]

I've got a very odd situation going on here...

As a note for context, both my wireless network card and mouse are USB.

While using my computer normally, everything works fine and as expected and while playing games I generally have little trouble. However, if for whatever reason I start a large download (or at least it's most commonly happening with this) my USB network card will often cut out after about 500MB to a GB or so. As in, all of a sudden, my computer is no longer able to connect to the internet. A couple moments later, the computer will register that the USB card is no longer connected to the computer. (Happy Windows disconnect sound and everything) The card itself still has a happily blinking blue status light however. About 5 or so seconds after that, the USB ports all over the computer go haywire. My mouse will cut out suddenly etc. It's especially odd because the current solution is sort of an art. Sometimes unplugging and plugging back in will fix it immediately. Other times I have to plug it into another USB port on the computer. Other times I have to turn the entire computer off and back on before it will work correctly. It's very odd. Here's the relevant hardware which I could imagine might be affecting it:

Panda Wireless PAUO Network card
E-Blue wireless gaming mouse
Asus M5A99FX Pro R2.0 mobo
750 Watt EVGA power-supply
Windows 10 (but happened under 8 as well)

Any ideas or thoughts are welcome. The thing I am MOST afraid of is that the motherboard is bad somehow...I hear Asus's support for its cheaper motherboards is crap. So...any OTHER thoughts or ideas are welcome

 

[Roguebantha]

*bump* Would like an answer please if anyone has any ideas.

 

[fisbuar]

uhm, i'm more interested in what kind of router you have.

Most "regular" routers gets their log files full very quickly, and thus needs resets very often.

What you describe here sounds very much like my old router.

What you describe about unplugging the cards, plugging it in somewhere else, swapping them around, and turning off your computer.
Could possibly be as simple as you're resetting the DNS connection.

if you wanna avoid this you can try to open notebook

Write this in the notebook. (minus the lines)

_______________________________


RUN cmd
ipconfig /flushdns
PAUSE
QUIT
______________________________

Now save the notebook document on your desktop, as Flush.BAT (very important to click "all files" when you save, and write .BAT and not TXT).

Now every time you double click this little batch file it'll reset your dns, and it should help you, i put a pause in there so that you get visual confirmation that it is successful, and once you hit any button it'll close it self.

Hope this helps you.

 

[Roguebantha]

uhm, i'm more interested in what kind of router you have.

Most "regular" routers gets their log files full very quickly, and thus needs resets very often.

What you describe here sounds very much like my old router.

What you describe about unplugging the cards, plugging it in somewhere else, swapping them around, and turning off your computer.
Could possibly be as simple as you're resetting the DNS connection.

if you wanna avoid this you can try to open notebook

Write this in the notebook. (minus the lines)

_______________________________


RUN cmd
ipconfig /flushdns
PAUSE
QUIT
______________________________

Now save the notebook document on your desktop, as Flush.BAT (very important to click "all files" when you save, and write .BAT and not TXT).

Now every time you double click this little batch file it'll reset your dns, and it should help you, i put a pause in there so that you get visual confirmation that it is successful, and once you hit any button it'll close it self.

Hope this helps you.

Fisbuar thanks for the reply. I can try that but I'm not convinced that is the issue. This has happened on multiple routers and keep in mind that the network card actually disappears from the hardware device list in Windows and I can no longer even see my Wifi card let alone connect to things. It also doesn't satisfactorily explain the mouse to me. However, I will try flushing the DNS and seeing if it helps; can't hurt!

 

[fisbuar]

that in mind, it sounds like your whole motherboard is about to go boom.
You might have to replace the whole motherboard.

 

[Roguebantha]

Ugh meh...I sure hope there is a better solution than that. Replacing the motherboard is going to be an extreme hassle I suspect.