Re: Why are USB-connected items repeatedly disconnected and connected?

On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 12:07:24 -0500, micky <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Why are USB-connected items repeatedly being disconnected and connected?
>
>This started with the SD card in its little slot.  I finally pulled it
>half-way out and that stopped that. 
>
>But now I see that the mouse is doing the same thing, even though I
>haven't noticed the mouse ever not working.  The mouse is connected
>through a 4-outlet hub, but so are the keyboard and one other thing I
>can't remember right now.  :-(    
>
>Is it just a bad connection?  I've changed which port I'm using.  The
>laptop itself doesn't have enough ports to not use a hub. 

I have the same thing, but with Windows XP. 

I have a 4-port hub, but with Windows XP. 

It has a printer and a (mostly switched off) external hard drive (with
its own power supply).

If I plug in a USB flash drive at just the right moment of boot-up, it
connects, but sometimes it doesn't. Then I book in safe mode, shut
down, switch off, and try again. Or, if I take out the flash frive and
plug it into the computer directly, it sometimes works. 


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