Questions tagged [usb]
Universal Serial Bus; an interface standard for connecting computers and electronic devices for communication and charging.
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Laptop boot manager
My laptop keeps going into boot manager with no options whatsoever.
I downloaded Windows ISO onto the USB stick using Rufus but when I plugin USB to laptop it still shows the same screen:
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Password protected Excel file on usb drive file behaving strangely when clicked
Nothing unusual at first glance - a password-protected Excel file on a usb stick. Previously, put the stick in the usb port, double-click the file and enter the password to work on the file.
Now ...
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What is the difference between the STT and MTT in USB 2.0 interface?
What is pins difference of USB2.0 device in case of STT and MTT?
A "Single-TT" hub (also called "per hub") device has one TT in the controller, and a "Multi-TT" hub (also ...
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Move mouse USB to hard drive/RAM [closed]
I use a USB mouse, but the USB drive on my laptop is iffy, and often dislodges the USB. This means the mouse will continually disconnect unless I hold the USB in a particular orientation. Is there a ...
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I need a device with a software for it. Can anyone make such a device? [closed]
I need a device just like keyloggers which I can attach it with a USB Keyboard and plug in into PC2. There will be one software installed in PC1 which can connect with this device via WiFi and can ...
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Installing Ubuntu over Windows - not detecting SSD
I had Windows 11 on my laptop until it decided to have BSOD every 5 minutes. I tried to check if the OS was a problem and then I booted into a live USB and everything went smoothly.
However, when I ...
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How to automatically mount a removable USB device in a Docker Desktop Linux container
Problem: I want to run a Linux container via Docker Desktop, and have a removable device (e.g. USB stick) automatically mount within the container, when it's inserted.
Up until now, I've been using ...
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What is the advisable unplugging procedure when using an external NVMe PCIe SSD drive via USB?
From a broken laptop computer, I removed the SSD and installed it in an external drive enclosure that supports NVMe and PCIe and attached it via a USB cable. I briefly looked at the directory ...
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Rog Strix Scar III (G531GV) - No video signal to external monitor through USB3.1C port (DisplayPort)
As title says, I own a ROG Strix Scar III (G531GV 2019 model) and I want to connect on it two external monitors, first one through the HDMI port with an HDMI to HDMI cable (works without any problems) ...
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How to solve blue screen issue coming even after using a USB media?
I have an HP-i3-7th bought in 2018. I had dual booted it 4 years ago with Win default and Ubuntu secondary. A year ago it started malfunctioning because the boot would not work properly. If Ubuntu is ...
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Can i use this to power my router via power bank
My power bank is redmi 18w 20000mah
It has 12v ==1.5a output, so can I use this cable to power the 12v router
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TP-Link USB hub not working properly on my Asus Zenbook 14
Last week I bought a usb 3.0 hub from tplink which offers 3 usb 3 ports and a gigabit internet port. I connected the hub to my Asus Zenbook 14 UM3402YAR laptop. After I wanted to test if the wired ...
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Whenever I record or listen with earphones, there is a constant sound that can be heard
I have noticed a weird constant sound that can be heard when wearing earphones or headphones, it's really faint but can be heard.
It's not a buzzing sound or static sound. It's something electric type....
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USB Keyboard Disconnects Randomly Every Few Days
So, I'm on my PC, everything works fine for a few days, then suddenly, I hear the hardware disconnect sound, and my keyboard becomes completely unresponsive. The lights on the keyboard stay on, but ...
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KVM Input issues - is my motherboard broken?
I'm trying to diagnose a problem with USB input through a KVM. I have two computers and a KVM:
PC 1: A laptop running linux
PC 2: A desktop dual-booting linux and windows 10
KVM: HDMI+USB, outputs ...
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Laptop connected with HP USB-C Dock G5 cannot shut down properly
I use an HP USB-C Dock G5(S/N: 5CG321Z29T) with my Dell Latitude 5531 laptop. Specifications below,
OS: Windows 10 Pro
OS Version: 22H2
RAM: 32GB
I connected the dock to the USB-C port of the laptop....
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Backing up on external exFAT HDD via USB using rsync is extremely slow (20kB/s)
I am backing up my machine on an external HDD hard-drive of 2TB formated in exFAT via USB using rsync on Ubuntu 22.04 and the file is extremely slow (sometimes stuck at 20kB/s for several seconds). ...
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Lost USB connection on Windows 11
So I just bought a KVM switch for my desktop gaming pc and work laptop (both with windows 11). Everything was going great, I test both sides and it works. But after 3-4 switches between laptop and ...
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Windows 8.1 on Lenovo Ideapad 3 14ITL05
Recently I tried to install windows 8.1 on my Lenovo ideapad 3 14ITL05 by using ventoy. While I was installing, I came across an error: A driver your device needs is missing. I tried to search for the ...
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My laptop (a Dell Inspiron) has started boot looping after I Connected a 12v power source to my Arduino that was connected to my laptop [closed]
My Dell Inspiron has started boot looping after I connected a 12v power source to my Arduino that was connected to my laptop.
I was trying to run a DC motor using the L293D motor controller, and I was ...
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Different Type-C Cables and Connection Issues with Samsung Galaxy S24 Using ADB tool
I have two Type-C USB charging cables: Cable A and Cable B. Cable A is thicker than Cable B in appearance.
Devices used to test apps:
1.Samsung Galaxy S24
2.Google Pixel 7 Pro
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When using the ...
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How to dock and wake Windows laptop without opening it?
I want to plug in the dock (with the dongle for my wireless keyboard) and then wake up my Windows laptop with the keyboard. If the dock/dongle is connected to my laptop before the laptop goes to sleep,...
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My SSD is disconecting and reconecting imediatly on USB-C
I'm using Linux Mint on a HP Pavilion 17-cd1119nf.
Recently, i bought a SSD T7 of samsung.
When i plug it on USB-C, it get disconect then imediatly reconect when i'm using it. It can be when i ...
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How to confirm ready state for an external USB disk before attempting other actions
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Before I plug in my external USB backup drive, my computer is fully booted-up, and I am in my session as root. Because of its location, my USB cord is already plugged in, but I ...
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Dell Inspiron 15 power cable port is loose; what are my options?
My Dell Inspiron 15 laptop power cord has been yanked and jerked so many times that the interior plug has come loose, and now it is increasingly difficult to plug in the power cord. (I suppose that's ...
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Are USB-C keystone modules safe? [closed]
What I basically want to do is the following:
Plug a USB cable in my computer.
Put the other end of that cable to a USB-C keystone module (which I would have inside a keystone panel).
Plug normal ...
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Trying to create a simple DOS boot USB stick [closed]
Pretty simple request. I'd like to make a bootable USB stick that contains DOS files to let me update the BIOS on an old motherboard.
I know about DOS boot disks from AllBootDisks - https://www....
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logman trace unusable: no names or "<unknown>" everything
I have a USB device that, only on two specific computers, spontaneously disconnects and then cannot be reconnected to the same computer for a short if arbitrary timespan.
Because the device works fine ...
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Logitech H390 Headset yields "Warning! Unlikely big volume range (=2304), cval->res is probably wrong" on Ubuntu 22.04
Good day. My Linux PC drops the Logi headset (Google voice can't see it and Zoom falls back to my PC speaker)
On a Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS / kernel 6.5.0-28-generic PC, I get the following output when I ...
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IS there a way to find out the Serial, firmware and OS version of a USB device?
I am using the kernel 5.15 based embedded device; have the requirement to figure out the unique field of a USB device, so that I can distinguish when the same vendor, model USB devices(VID,PID are ...
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