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USB ports stopped working

queuewindowqueuewindow Registered User regular
a few days ago i plugged in an old usb drive into my laptop, and since then all of my usb ports have been acting weird. i ran some virus checks, but the computer is clean. at first the ports would recognize any other drives i plugged in, but only for a couple of minutes. now though they don't even show up. the weird thing is that all of the ports still transfer power as far as i know. my cooler, mouse receiver and charger are all working. they just don't seem to want to transfer data. anyone know how i can fix this?

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  • cuularcuular Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    Get a drive with external power supply? With as many things plugged in there as you seem to have, it may be overloading the power piece on a laptop.

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