Laptop Problem

anytime i plug anything into my usb port my laptop stalls. i have run a virus scan and nothing came up so i ruled that out. has any1 had this happen to them before or heard of such a thing before.

Thanks in advance

 

What you pluging into the usb's m8 that might be the problem ?

 

ive got a hewlett packard pc and a newer acer pc laptops ,my acer is a bit funny with usb devices,,if i put 2 or 3 usbs in it at least one wont get reconised

where as i could put a dozen in the hewlett packard one and it would work fine

 

i have tried two ipods and a printer. this is really doing my head in. have u seen this before mate?

 

put one in at a time,,,use just 1 device,, ,,why 2 ipods,,, take one of them out,,, and yes ive seen that before and a trillion other bewildering problems

its a machine ,,remember ,they do go wrong from time to time

 

its not that it doesn't find the device i dont think. its just the whole laptot just stops working. eg wont let me do anything. even the clock stops in the corner.

 

no they were at two different times i thought i could be the ipod the was * but it happens with both.

 

shut down ure pc ,take all usbs out first,,,when u put it back on,,,try a device 1 at a time,,,if the printer works ,then u rule that out,,then take it out and put in an ipod ans so on


who makes the ipod and who makes ure pc,,,different companys ,rival companys,, mabye 1 dosent go with the other

 

shut down ure pc ,take all usbs out first,,,when u put it back on,,,try a device 1 at a time,,,if the printer works ,then u rule that out,,then take it out and put in an ipod ans so on

cheers for all the advice but i have already tried everything like that already.

 

well go out side wait for a bus to pass and slide ure pc under it,,


sometime things are not meant to go together

 

Sounds like you got a conflict between the printer and ipods have you tryd to reinstall the software for them ?

 

check the machine is completely fully updated right up to its eyeballs from MS update first to eliminate any driver errors

 

and how may i do that? as u can tell im not very good with this kind of stuff.

 

It could be physical damage to the usb port or controller, try a different port.

Is the device using USB 1.0 or USB 2.0 and what type is your laptop?

 

i dont think its physical damage as i have tried all 4 port on my laptop. im trying to use usb 2 and its an advent. * but all i had money for at the time.

 

It sounds as if it's a problem totally with your puter recognising diff exsternal devices, it's quite common actually, if you are still in warranty let them sort it.

 

I would make sure usb 2.0 is enabled within your systems BIOS(usually pressing delete while booting while get you into this). Would also as mentioned before make sure you are running with up2 date drivers on your laptop.

 

Have u tried removing reg key entries for the usb host controllers and then after removed go to device manager and press "scan for hardware changes" let it pick it up and should reconfigure and install your usb host controller.

It is one of the most common problems in laptops.

works every time.

 

If it's a Windows XP machine, Windows XP SP2 is known to not install the USB drivers correctly. To fix that, in device manager, delete the USB hub completely, and reboot so Windows will re-discover it.