Why do usb ports go bad

Missing drivers. The implication certainly is that USB ports can go bad. The Port. Most USB ports do not have a protective covering, leaving them open and vulnerable to collecting dust, corrosion, and anything else that can fit inside, out of reach.

Here is a better way to diagnose and repair a dead USB port on your computer. Your best bet is to crack that thing open and see if the ribbon cable for the USB ports is disconnected for some reason. Wow that sucks. Click to expand….

Some times these can resume work, once you have pulled up the connecting pins, in side the ports. Take a small pin and try to pull them a little. How much is every once guess. I have used successfully three times so far. People may try it at their own risk. Recently had a hacker take over any search engine that I used. Had to reconfigure my computer back to basics and in the process lost the use of all my USB ports. They seemed to have power but no communication.

Finally went into access manager and deleted any association with my USB ports. Restarted and when I inserted a USB device, my computer loaded the proper drivers needed for it. All ports working well and also my printer when pluged into any of the ports. This reminds me of a funny story. In my last episode, I tried the following.. I keep a good supply of Electronics Cleaner handy no oils here and after powering down everything that I had planned on spraying, I spray both connectors and before the liquid evaporates, do a little plug-in plug-out three or four time.

Of course the best way to protect you computers USB connectors is by keeping an extension connector plugged in and just connecting your USB device in and out there. Comments violating those rules will be removed.

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Post reply. Ask a Question Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question? Ask a Question. Getting data off a pre-USB laptop with a dead floppy drive. Nov 18, USB type Identification. Mar 2, Only one of the three USB ports work. Apr 4, Apr 18, I've done it before with no problems, but it might be relevant. After updating the USB 3. When I reboot I got some kind of memory error during shutdown. It went off the screen so quickly I couldn't write it down.

This happened once before the reset and then again after, but I couldn't reproduce the message to get a good look at it.

When viewing the properties of each of the USB drivers the device status reads "this device is working properly". I don't know how much of this is relevant to the problem but figured more information is better.

Any suggestions?? So I took my computer in and they determined it was the motherboard and replaced it. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.

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