Can front USB ports handle sustained transfers?

dizmo · September 13, 2021

I'm trying to transfer data from one external HDD to another, and they just gave up the ghost about 25% of the way through. It also disabled the USB port that my WiFi dongle is attached to, but the keyboard still worked.

I had to restart to gain full function.

Do front USB ports just not have the stamina to handle sustained writes? It's just shy of 2TB.

NumLock21 · September 13, 2021

Could be your boards power saving features that's some how turning off the USB ports.

dizmo · September 14, 2021

21 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

Could be your boards power saving features that's some how turning off the USB ports.

I thought that too but I checked and it didn't change anything.

I almost think it has to do with overheating. The only things that disconnect are the items transferring or receiving data. Le sigh. Going to be so much more of a pain in the ass to transfer everything over now.

NumLock21 · September 14, 2021

2 hours ago, dizmo said:

I thought that too but I checked and it didn't change anything.

I almost think it has to do with overheating. The only things that disconnect are the items transferring or receiving data. Le sigh. Going to be so much more of a pain in the ass to transfer everything over now.

That sucks, try another USB port like the ones directly on the back. Can also take a look at the USB controllers/drivers in device manager. There may be a power management tab. In that, uncheck "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power".

Can also try the adjusting the USB setting in Power Management located in control panel