Intriguing issue with USB plugs

EderCardoso · 09-07-2009, 09:23 PM

Hi.

I´m having a very strange issue where my Laptop seems to "break" any device connected in the USB plugs after some time. For exemple, I bought a new mouse and plugged it via USB... after a couple of months using it normally, it just stopped working (it won´t work in any other computer also). It´s the THIRD mouse I try, each one a different type! It´s allways the same: they work fine for a few months and then, suddenly... pfff.

It seems like it could be some hardware problem with my Laptop´s USB plugs, slowly burning other USB plugs connected to them, I dont know... but the strange thing is: the same used to happen to my previous Laptop (that I exchanged last year for this new one, wich is from a different manufacturer). With that previous laptop, I lost 3 mouses, my tablet and even a mini-modem (wich was connected via USB and I had to change the USB cable to make it work again).

The problem does not seem to affect my pendrives, though (maybe because they arent used as often as mouses...)

Could that be some kind of virus that infected my last laptop and now this one? Is it even possible for a virus to f*** with the USB plugs of other devices?

Please, someone shed a light...

I´m using a Vaio Laptop, with Windows Vista (if it is of any importance)...

zhirzzh · 09-07-2009, 11:14 PM

I had the same issue with my old laptop. I was told it was a loose motherboard, and that it was (in my case) cheaper t0 buy a new laptop than to fix it.

Mikhalkov · 09-08-2009, 07:21 AM

You could try getting a PCI USB card.

09-07-2009, 09:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
EderCardoso Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1 OS: Windows Vista	Intriguing issue with USB plugs Hi. I´m having a very strange issue where my Laptop seems to "break" any device connected in the USB plugs after some time. For exemple, I bought a new mouse and plugged it via USB... after a couple of months using it normally, it just stopped working (it won´t work in any other computer also). It´s the THIRD mouse I try, each one a different type! It´s allways the same: they work fine for a few months and then, suddenly... pfff. It seems like it could be some hardware problem with my Laptop´s USB plugs, slowly burning other USB plugs connected to them, I dont know... but the strange thing is: the same used to happen to my previous Laptop (that I exchanged last year for this new one, wich is from a different manufacturer). With that previous laptop, I lost 3 mouses, my tablet and even a mini-modem (wich was connected via USB and I had to change the USB cable to make it work again). The problem does not seem to affect my pendrives, though (maybe because they arent used as often as mouses...) Could that be some kind of virus that infected my last laptop and now this one? Is it even possible for a virus to f*** with the USB plugs of other devices? Please, someone shed a light... I´m using a Vaio Laptop, with Windows Vista (if it is of any importance)...

09-07-2009, 11:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
zhirzzh Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 17 OS: Vista SP2 (OEM)	Re: Intriguing issue with USB plugs I had the same issue with my old laptop. I was told it was a loose motherboard, and that it was (in my case) cheaper t0 buy a new laptop than to fix it.

09-08-2009, 07:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
Mikhalkov Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 403 OS: Windows XP SP3	Re: Intriguing issue with USB plugs You could try getting a PCI USB card. __________________ "I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year." -1957 "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." -1949