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    Windows 7 - Low power usb only after sleep?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by redrubberpenguin, Sep 20, 2009.

  1. redrubberpenguin

    redrubberpenguin Notebook Consultant

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    So I'm running Windows 7 x64 on my m1330 right now, and I'm having an odd problem. Sometimes my computer's USB ports will suddenly only support low-power USB devices... for example, a mouse and a keyboard would work, but a USB flash drive, USB hub, or my iPod charger would not. Usually this only happens after I wake it up from sleep, but at rare occasions it happens randomly too. Restarting and then unplugging/replugging the device will work. Sometimes I'll have to unplug my battery and the charger and let it sit for a minute to get the USB working again, which worries me that it's a hardware issue at first, but I don't seem to get this problem in Linux (I don't use Linux much at all, though).

    Anybody know a fix for this? I can generally avoid this problem by staying away from sleep, but I like it when my computer is very to go in 2 seconds. Thanks in advance.
     
    redrubberpenguin, Sep 20, 2009
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  2. Amnesiac

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    Actually, I'm having the same problem on my Vista desktop.
     
    Amnesiac, Sep 21, 2009
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