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USB Devices causing instability

neospriss
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This is more out of curiosity but has anyone had issues with USB Hubs/Devices plugged into either the MB or through front I/O causing instability?

 

Have had good stability with my rig for ~5 years now (with ASUS BIOS CPU basic overclock) and all of the sudden I'm noticing LEDs on the MB popping on here and there, culminating in system not recognizing my NVME Samsung 960 EVO boot drive upon a fresh boot in the AM after working fine the night before.

 

Popped out the Boot drive and used USB Windows recovery tool, no luck, eventually even BIOS started freezing.

 

Normally, I have a crappy USB HUB (from Staples) plugged into USB 2.0 Ports on back I/O with 4 ports + Front I/O filled with PS4 Dualshock, and 2 other USB devices.

 

During my trouble shooting after pulling all the components out except AIO watercooler and reseating everything, noticed that I could hop back into Windows without issue.

 

Added all my my other components in and started noticing weird instability again.

 

Popped off my USB HUB and disconnected all my Front I/O and now everything seems to be stable.  

 

1 more interesting fact: I'm a relatively new PC builder and this is my first major computer.  Have had some stupid mistakes here and there (RAM not being in correct slots, running my computer in single-channel mode for ~2 years, lol  + not having USB 2.0 pins from front I/O plugged into MB correctly).

 

CPU: Intell Core i7 - 6700K

GPU: EVGA GTX 1080

MB: ASUS z170-A 

Boot: Samsung 960 EVO NVME

2x Crucial 500 GB SSD

 

Anyone else experience weird Stability issues with USB HUB/Devices upon Start-up?

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Try plugging it into the back of the board. I've had a few issues here and there with my HP workstation lagging when there's too much being transferred over USB. Does your board have a specific USB driver (can be found on Asus's support site for the board if so)? If so, reinstall it.

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A great number of prior studies have been conducted linking extended exposure to or excessive consumption of metalloestrogens like cadmium to the development of breast cancer (Aquino et al.) - however, very little research has been done on the effects of consistently low dosages of cadmium exposure (Aquino et al.). Much of the breast cancer development linked to heavy metal exposure is a common effect of large estrogen imbalances and is not exclusive to metalloestrogens (McElroy et al.). Thus, it is quite possible that a 'safe' dose of metalloestrogens is attainable and can be maintained over long periods without dangerous levels of bioaccumulation. 

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