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Fix Windows 10 USB Issue Windows 10 Problems


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If you’ve recently upgraded to Windows 10 and now one of your USB devices isn’t working, read on.

Whether it’s a USB mouse, keyboard, pen drive, printer, or some other USB device altogether, this guide should resolve your problem

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USB Problem 

1: Check if the device itself is faulty

2: Check your power supply 

3: Check your power management settings 

4: Check your USB device drivers 

5: Check your USB ports 

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Check if the device itself is faulty   

If the USB device was working before you upgraded to Windows 10, it’s unlikely to be faulty. But coincidences do occur. It’s certainly possible that your device just happened to die right at the same time that you upgraded Windows. So it’s best to rule that possibility out for sure before spending time on more complex troubleshooting. 

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Check if the device itself is faulty 

To check if the USB device is faulty, simply unplug it (‘Eject’ it if it’s a USB storage device) and plug it into another computer.

If it works, the device is fine. If it doesn’t, then you’ve isolated the problem! You just need to buy a replacement

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Check your power supply (laptop only) 

Your laptop’s power supply delivers power to your USB ports.

If, for some reason, it fails to do this properly, the devices plugged into those USB ports may stop working. Sometimes, this can be fixed quite simply:

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Check your power supply (laptop only) 

1) Unplug the power supply and charger plug from your laptop

2) Restart your laptop

3) Connect your USB device to the laptop again

4) Plug the power supply back in 

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Check your power management settings 

1) Open Device Manager (type “Device Manager” in the Windows search field)

Expand the Universal Serial Bus controllers branch

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Check your power management settings 

Double-click the first USB Root Hub device in the list (if you see only one USB Root Hub device, that’s fine)

Click the Power Management tab Un-check the Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power checkbox, and click OK. Repeat steps 3-5 for each USB Root Hub device in your list of Universal Serial Bus controllers

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