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Old 03-17-2010, 10:35 AM   #1
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USB port/ipod issue
Okay, so I have an iPod 160 GB I dock with my PC via USB. Now, recently, every time I disconnect it, my other USB devices spazz out. They'll disconnect, reconnect, and sometimes one won't be recognised until I reboot the system.

I think I've done all I can with my iPod. I've reinitilsed it, I've changed the settings twice, and I eject it even though I technically don't have to (I've got it on whatever the plug and play setting is called). This does, however, seem to only happen with my iPod, so I'm nto 100% sure it's not the problem.

That leaves me thinking it may be a problem with my USB ports themselves. I'm running the same PCI card I got with my computer umpteen years ago, so it wouldn't be shocking if it was dying. On my old PC, I solved a similar problem with my Zen by deleting all the USB ports under Device Manager and then rebooting. But when they replaced my PC, they gave me a model with no keyboard or mouse ports, so those run off USB full time now.

Under device manager, I'm not really sure I can even tell the difference, so I'm not sure if that will work. Is there another way to acheive the same effect before I move on to other possibilities? Is my USB card fucked? Will pigs fly?

I tried google, but either I'm using poor phrasing or there's too much shitty information to really get a solid answer.

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Old 03-17-2010, 04:39 PM   #2
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Get a new USB card, yours sounds right fucked. The amount of power being drawn from the PCI board to power the Keyboard, Mouse, and iPod over a great amount of time will nuke a PCI USB card. Thankfully they're cheap as sin and easy to install.
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Old 03-17-2010, 04:56 PM   #3
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Do you disconnect it safely or just pull the USB cord out of the USB port?
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Old 03-17-2010, 06:26 PM   #4
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You could always buy a USB hub.

First try to go Universal Serial Bus controllers under Device Manager. Try to update those drivers. Maybe that will jar something into working correctly.
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