Re: USB ports frequently disconnecting
it could be the usb ports are not seating quite as well as they did
originally. After numerous usage, some of the ports I have are
getting loose and somewhat flakey with minimal movement.
On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 11:13 AM Patrick O'Callaghan
<pocallaghan(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2021-09-27 at 09:55 -0500, Roger Heflin wrote:
> > If it is a laptop, I have had several laptops (one running linux and
> > one running windows) where some of the USB hardware died after 3-5
> > years. I suspect that the cooling design for the usb devices was not
> > great and they cooked. I did start using an extra laptop cooling fan
> > and that seemed to help the disconnects a small amount.
> >
> > It also could be devices on the usb that are having issues and/or
> > causing it. Typically on most desktops and laptop there are at
> > most
> > 2 actual usb controllers that all of the ports are connected to, so
> > if
> > one usb controller has issues it can cause random issues on more than
> > one external port.
> >
>
> It's a desktop, but fairly old (2014). I haven't seen any other USB
> errors that I'm aware of.
>
> Might be time to look at a new mobo in any case.
>
> poc
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