All USB devices Disconnect randomly on Windows 11.

Dr. Slinky,

Same thing with the USB, My usb 2.0 work fine as my 3.0 don't. I have a netgear wireless usb chip, which never disconnects when my mouse and keyboard do. i switched the mouse and keyboard to that port, and they haven't disconnected.

Weird..! I don't have problems with any of my USB peripherals, both USB 2 & 3 devices work fine, only those that read & write data, such as, Mobile Phone and USB thumb Drives suffer disconnections, everything else is fine.

Of course now I'm able to use this docking station helps. All USB devices work just fine.

Whatever is causing these USB disconnect issues, one thing is for sure, there is a way around it. Allow me to explain...

So in my setup, I have a Dell monitor with two side mounted USB sockets, these are just piggy backed off the rear of my computer. Whenever I plug USB devices into my monitor, mobile phone, USB thumb drives USB Docking Stations, I don't get any disconnect issues and never have. Ironically however connecting any of those USB devices directly to the back of my computer does cause frequent disconnects. Likewise if I connect anything to the front USB ports on my computer the same issue arises, frequent disconnects.

However!

Yesterday I took delivery of a Tccmebius IDE-SATA HDD Docking Station, this particular model has front facing 'XD-TF-MS-CF/MD-SD' Card Readers alongside 2 x USB ports. Although this model is only USB 2.0, I have connected it to one of the free USB 3.1 ports at the rear of my computer as these were the only ones available. Surprisingly, I can now read & write data to my hearts content from a USB Thumb Drive and likewise, plugging in my phone doesn't cause any disconnects either.

Now I might be clutching at straws here but I'm wondering if this has anything to do with the Windows USB controllers, I believe others have hinted at this too. I noticed on my system that both the USB 3.0 and USB 3.1 controllers received a diver update on the 21st May 2024, right around when I first started experiencing these issues. Whereas the USB 2.0 controllers haven't been updated since 2006.

If only Microsoft would provide a little input here, it's frustrating when they don't seem to care!

Dr. Slinky,

Same thing with the USB, My usb 2.0 work fine as my 3.0 don't. I have a netgear wireless usb chip, which never disconnects when my mouse and keyboard do. i switched the mouse and keyboard to that port, and they haven't disconnected.

Whatever is causing these USB disconnect issues, one thing is for sure, there is a way around it. Allow me to explain...

So in my setup, I have a Dell monitor with two side mounted USB sockets, these are just piggy backed off the rear of my computer. Whenever I plug USB devices into my monitor, mobile phone, USB thumb drives USB Docking Stations, I don't get any disconnect issues and never have. Ironically however connecting any of those USB devices directly to the back of my computer does cause frequent disconnects. Likewise if I connect anything to the front USB ports on my computer the same issue arises, frequent disconnects.

However!

Yesterday I took delivery of a Tccmebius IDE-SATA HDD Docking Station, this particular model has front facing 'XD-TF-MS-CF/MD-SD' Card Readers alongside 2 x USB ports. Although this model is only USB 2.0, I have connected it to one of the free USB 3.1 ports at the rear of my computer as these were the only ones available. Surprisingly, I can now read & write data to my hearts content from a USB Thumb Drive and likewise, plugging in my phone doesn't cause any disconnects either.

Now I might be clutching at straws here but I'm wondering if this has anything to do with the Windows USB controllers, I believe others have hinted at this too. I noticed on my system that both the USB 3.0 and USB 3.1 controllers received a diver update on the 21st May 2024, right around when I first started experiencing these issues. Whereas the USB 2.0 controllers haven't been updated since 2006.

If only Microsoft would provide a little input here, it's frustrating when they don't seem to care!

FIXED It!

I wrote a small program to read and rewrite to a small TXT file on the USB drive and it no longer drops out.

OK It's just a work-around not a true fix😞

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