Windows 10: USB disconnect and reconnect issues

This has been a recent issue of mine where my headset, keyboard, mouse, and wifi adapter etc., will disconnect suddenly and reconnect a second later. Not sure if it is a Windows software issue or a hardware issue of mine. I thought I would come on here to ask as I am new to computers and not the best at troubleshooting. My PC has also been acting very sluggish when I try to play a video or go Fullscreen there are hard stutters when I click Fullscreen. I want to avoid factory resetting it and losing everything but that's better than having this happen constantly. With all that being said, when

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usb keeps disconnecting and reconnecting windows 10

Hi,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. I regret the inconvenience caused to you. Let me help you.

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  What is the make model of your system?
  

I suggest you to Change the USB power management settings and check.

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  Open Device Manager.
  
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  Double-click the type USB to change power management settings.
  
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  Right-click the specific device you want, and then click
  Properties.
  
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  On the Power Management tab, change the power management settings.
  

I would also suggest you to refer to the suggestion by
Ashish Sondhi from the following link and check if it helps.

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Also refer:

• What if a wired device isn't installed properly?

Windows help & learning

(Note: steps in the above article applies to Windows 10 as well)



Let us know if you have any further query on Windows, we are glad to assist you.



Thank you.

 

USB devices disconnecting/reconnecting

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USB 3.0 randomly disconnecting and reconnecting, not power config

So I have a Surface Pro 3 running Windows 10, and an external USB 3 HDD. If I plug in the HDD, a process will begin. First the drive will appear with the drive letter only, and be unreadable, but in an unusual way. Any software that attempts to interact with it will hang until it either crashes or the drive is disconnected. During this stage the drive may disconnect and reconnect multiple times. If left in for long enough, the drive will finally show up with it's name, and be readable. However it still disconnects and reconnects.

Steps I have tried:

• Disabling the power saving features for all USB devices in Device Manager
  
• Reinstalling all USB drivers
  
• Testing hard disk on my desktop computer (where it works fine).
  
• Powering down the drive for an extended time before trying again