Hello guys. My 2 front USB ports have been giving me trouble lately.. I have a Dell XPS 430 that I bought new a little over a year ago. This started happening like 2-3 weeks ago. Every time I charged my Blackberry, it freezes. The webcam even freezes it when I try to talk to people on Skype. I have to manually restart the computer, then when it starts up it works fine when I plug anything in. When the computer is running for a while then I plug something in, it will freeze. I've also noticed that when I close a program (firefox for example) once I hit the red X button it takes up to 5 seconds to close sometimes. I always leave my computer turned on if that's of any help. Any suggestions? If you need any log files please tell me what to do and I will post it here. Thanks in advance.
It most likly the blackberry my pc was thinking it was hdd and un plugging it it made my boot order wrong had to turn mass storage off on phone now works right
Maybe there is a short...? What happens if you dangle it a bit? Instant freeze? EDIT: Oh, I see...had the same problem with an USB stick.
What OS have you? Antivirus? Having same sort of issue with external HDD's but it comes around when i pull it out an put it back in tbh (Win 7 Ultimate x64). Then again I know the drive is on its way out. Could try formatting your pen drive (AFTER YOU BACKUP THE DATA FIRST!) Its possible a virus of sorts is causing this or an autorun program. If you can open the autorun.inf file found on most usb memory devices, see what it says. Some are viral apparently
Tried, no fix. Windows 7 64 bit. ESET Smart Security What do you mean formatting my pen drive? How do I do that?
hello, have you install chipset drivers intel ? how many usb ports are used ? i have read somewhere psu is "light" on xps 430, maybe more power is require when all usb are plugged...
Yes formating the usb hard disk seems to solve most of the problems. Without that, you may get freezes, slow speeds (1 MB/sec), or no indication of space available.