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    Right Side USB issues

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by erikranger, Nov 17, 2011.

  1. erikranger

    erikranger Notebook Geek

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    Hello all, I am the proud owner of a m14x. I just got thie wonderful thing yesterday. I plugged my usb wireless mouse into the right side and it did not work, on either USB port. The mouse will work on the left side. Next, I tried plugging my Rezound into the two ports on the right and it would power the device, but would not recognize it. On the left side, the rezound was recognized.

    My question, is this a USB 3.0 backward compatibility issue? Also, does anyone have any solutions. I would like at least two working USB ports.


    Thank You

    erikranger
     
    erikranger, Nov 17, 2011
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    fred2028 Sexy member

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    Get the USB 3 driver?
     
    fred2028, Nov 17, 2011
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    erikranger Notebook Geek

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    Fred,

    Thank You kindly sir. I was unaware of the driver for this. I found it weird that one side worked and the other did not. The driver did fix the issue. Again thanks.

    Erik
     
    erikranger, Nov 17, 2011
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    No worries, had the same problem before
     
    fred2028, Nov 17, 2011
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