USB causing P.C. to power down

[Udyami]

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I have an XP machine & the moment I connect my USB flash drive my computer hangs up. And it does not come back you have to manually power it down and then restart it. USB mouse & keyboard & such work fine but my mp3 player my flash drive & the two outside hard drives I have tried will gel the comp too where you require holding power key till it turns off. , in case you can help us let us know what to do.

[Yitzchak909]

If this doesn't work in regular XP, try it in Safe Mode. With a manager user account, click Start, Control Panel, and managerial Tools. Open Storage, then left-click one time on Disk Management so it is in the right window pane. Now insert your USB drive & see if it comes up without crashing your computer. If you’re USB connects successfully than right-click on it, in the right window pane & select Change Drive Letter & Paths. Now change the letter to something far away from your regular drive letter assignments.

[pddaugusto]

Under "Disk Drives" there ought to be your USB drives. Also under "Universal Serial Bus controllers" there ought to be a list of several USB-types drives. Run the tool manager. Uninstall every one of them & then shutdown & reboot your process. Your PC will "re-locate" them & they ought to work.Reply3: Run the tool manager. Under "Disk Drives" there ought to be your USB drives. Also under "Universal Serial Bus controllers" there ought to be a list of several USB-types drives. Uninstall every individual of them & then shutdown & reboot your technique. Your PC will "re-find" them & they ought to work.

[Howitzer]

Ensure your drivers are up-to-date. Uninstall the USB driver, restart the computer, and then plug in a new USB device. Sounds like a driver conflict or an IRQ conflict. It is only happening when you are connecting the USB to the computer. Have you tried connecting it to different computers? I have a gut feeling that it is definitely the drivers.

[samar69]

The only fixation I can think of is, are you stopping the tool before you remove it? If not go to the task bar after that to the time & you will note a tiny icon with a green arrow above it. Left click on this icon & then click on the item you need to remove this will cease the item & it would be safe to remove, but it’s only a thought the problem might be something different. But what’s the loss in giving it a try.