Windows 10: USB randomly disconnecting and reconnecting

I've tried uninstalling drivers and reinstalling also I've tried going to an older build of Windows. Nothing seems to work.

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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
  

 

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.

• 
  What is the make model of your system?
  

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

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

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...nnecting/7e7c792e-04f1-489d-a735-a8b74a7314b5



Also refer:

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

Windows help & learning - Microsoft Support

(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.

 

Raid-0 Randomly Disconnects

Asus maximus iii with PII 945
Raid-0 configuration with 2x seagates

The hard drives will randomly disconnect and reconnect. This is a huge problem when playing a game and it suddenly errors out because the hard drive will disconnect, then immediately reconnect.

I am going out to get some better SATA cables (these are questionable).

Any ideas why this would happen?