Windows 10: USB ports on laptop with Win 10 stop working - fix and work for a while - then stop again!!

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  1. USB ports on laptop with Win 10 stop working - fix and work for a while - then stop again!!


    Using Windows 10 laptop with 3 USB ports. For the past 6 months the USB ports have been acting weird... they stop working and fix them and then a few days later they stop working again. Have tried the troubleshooting mode with no luck. Also tried disabling and re-enabling... doesn't work. Uninstalling then re-installing the drivers fixes it but then a few days later they stop working again. This is driving me crazy!! Also check a tip that power management settings could be causing this but the settings were okay. Any more suggestions?? Thanks.

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    Sassycat41, Oct 1, 2023
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  2. Mike100 Win User

    USB port stopped working

    I had a USB2 port on the front panel that was working for a year but then one day it was not. I uninstalled / installed the device via Control Panel for both of the USB Composite Device listings but it made no difference. I thought it may be a bad connection but everything looked OK. Both ports had power according to a USB digital voltmeter. On the motherboard I moved the cable going to the front panel from one of the USB 2.0 Headers to the other Header & everything worked. At least for a couple months. Now the same port on the front panel does not work again. So I uninstalled / installed both USB Composite Device listings but it made no difference. Under Properties it says they are working properly. In Control Panel I did not touch the USB controllers for either USB 3.0 listing or for the USB Printing Support. The port was working a few days ago but now it is not. The only thing that really happened lately was a Windows 10 Security Update that was installed on 10-27-2022. Could that have changed something? Anything is possible but it seems strange that the same front panel port stopped working no matter which mobo header is used. Could one of my USB thumb drives be going bad & when plugged in is shorting out something on the motherboard? Any ideas & suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
     
    Mike100, Oct 1, 2023
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  3. smounce Win User
    USB 2.0 Ports Stopped working

    Hello,

    I recently noticed my USB 2.0 ports have stopped working, but my USB 3.0 port is functioning perfectly.

    Steps i have tried:

    - Restarting

    - Searching for device changes in Device manager

    - running troubleshooter

    all these suggested fixes didn't remedy the issue, its a bit of an inconvenience that i only have one functioning USB port

    Thanks
     
    smounce, Oct 1, 2023
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  4. USB ports on laptop with Win 10 stop working - fix and work for a while - then stop again!!

    USB Ports Stops working randomly

    Hi,
    My Laptop USB ports suddenly stopped working. I tried to restart the laptop to fix that, doesn't help. So I tried to uninstall all the USB drivers in Device Manager, after restarting USB port is working fine for a few minutes. After sometime, it stops working. Is this a driver issue or OS issue?
     
    Kanishkar K, Oct 1, 2023
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