Is it possible to not have enough power?

[dailyuser]

Hi there folks, I have been working on this issue for 6 hours now... SO the thing is when I plug in my Xbox One controller one or two of my many USB devices that are plugged in turn off. When I try to unplug and plug it back in it still doesn't work even if the controller isn't plugged in. I am almost 100% sure it isn't a driver issue, because I downloaded every driver under the sun. But I have been trying to solve this for so god damn long and I am just fed up. I just want to play BO2 Zombies on controller...

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

Just now, dailyuser said:

Hi there folks, I have been working on this issue for 6 hours now... SO the thing is when I plug in my Xbox One controller one or two of my many USB devices that are plugged in turn off. When I try to unplug and plug it back in it still doesn't work even if the controller isn't plugged in. I am almost 100% sure it isn't a driver issue, because I downloaded every driver under the sun. But I have been trying to solve this for so god damn long and I am just fed up. I just want to play BO2 Zombies on controller...

Are you using different USB ports or is this a USB hub? Please describe your setup for plugging in your USB devices. 

[dailyuser]

Just now, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Are you using different USB ports or is this a USB hub? Please describe your setup for plugging in your USB devices. 

I am not using any USB hub and they are all plugged into usb 3.0 in the back of my pc

 

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

1 minute ago, dailyuser said:

I am not using any USB hub and they are all plugged into usb 3.0 in the back of my pc

 

So have you been able to get those USB devices working again?

[dailyuser]

Just now, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

So have you been able to get those USB devices working again?

Yeah they work after I restart my computer

 

[SpaceGhostC2C]

12 minutes ago, dailyuser said:

Is it possible to not have enough power?

It is, although I experienced it mostly in some laptops. You can try to find information on the power ratings for your USB ports, but on a desktop I wouldn't expect it to be that low.

And then there are the cases where manufacturers don't follow the relevant USB standard strictly enough...

[dailyuser]

1 minute ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

It is, although I experienced it mostly in some laptops. You can try to find information on the power ratings for your USB ports, but on a desktop I wouldn't expect it to be that low.

And then there are the cases where manufacturers don't follow the relevant USB standard strictly enough...

Where would I find the power rating on my usb ports?? Also why would pluggin in one device effect the other usb ports???

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

7 minutes ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

It is, although I experienced it mostly in some laptops. You can try to find information on the power ratings for your USB ports, but on a desktop I wouldn't expect it to be that low.

And then there are the cases where manufacturers don't follow the relevant USB standard strictly enough...

Rather surprising to me since I got like a bloody science experiment going on with my laptop.

All running off the USB ports:

• External HDD
• Webcam
• USB Dock with Ethernet, KVM for mouse + keyboard, and Printer plugged in

I guess the SD card counts too as it runs of the USB bus. Got only one Type C port left.

[SpaceGhostC2C]

1 minute ago, dailyuser said:

Where would I find the power rating on my usb ports??

The manual, if you are lucky. Otherwise... assume some of the many standards?

 

1 minute ago, dailyuser said:

Also why would pluggin in one device effect the other usb ports???

Many times you get ports grouped in hubs from a board designed perspective, or at the very least feeding off the same power lines. They could theoretically deliver full power to every port but fall short of it in practice.

However, it the powerin-down is any random USB device each time, the chances of something like that being the problem are slim.

[SpaceGhostC2C]

5 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Rather surprising to me since I got like a bloody science experiment going on with my laptop.

All running off the USB ports:

 

Probably not on the crappiest of laptops, though.

My Pavilion just won't run my external USB3 optical drive on its USB3 port, no matter what.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

1 minute ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

Probably not on the crappiest of laptops, though.

My Pavilion just won't run my external USB3 optical drive on it's USB3 port, no matter what.

ASUS quality I suppose  Vivobooks aren't really their finest of lines I don't think

[dailyuser]

2 minutes ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

The manual, if you are lucky. Otherwise... assume some of the many standards?

 

Many times you get ports grouped in hubs from a board designed perspective, or at the very least feeding off the same power lines. They could theoretically deliver full power to every port but fall short of it in practice.

However, it the powerin-down is any random USB device each time, the chances of something like that being the problem are slim.

I bought my pc second hand about a year ago so no manuals...

 

So is there anything I can do to fi it?

[Bombastinator]

28 minutes ago, dailyuser said:

I bought my pc second hand about a year ago so no manuals...

 

So is there anything I can do to fi it?

If this is a standard thing it’s a thing with the specific motherboard.  Need the make and model of the motherboard. 

[dailyuser]

5 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

If this is a standard thing it’s a thing with the specific motherboard.  Need the make and model of the motherboard. 

it is a gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H i think

[Bombastinator]

2 minutes ago, dailyuser said:

it is a gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H i think

Well here’s a support page. A manual may be downloadable.  There was apparently a rev 1 and a rev 1.1

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-Z77X-UD3H-rev-11/support#support-dl