USB Ports Not Working on Laptop or PC - Windows 10 - Quick Fix!

[@curiouspinoytv]

cant use mouse and keyboard because ports are not working

[@stvka]

same

[@EmrickElstad]

How did u fix?

[@MyRp123]

On PC not laptop how do you get the keyboard and mouse to work if your usb ports don't work?

[@Archillyy]

Hey, did u fix it?

[@58hours]

@@Archillyy u fixed it bro?

[@mariom7793]

Absolutely smashing and straight to the point. The option of disabling Power and Sleep settings was the one I needed. Thank you so much for your great video!

[@michaelallard2640]

Explained everything perfectly with no unnecessary chatter. The 2nd method worked for me. Thanks alot !

[@ggutierrez-grandpabluejeans]

Thank you. This was just what I needed. Clear and concise. Easy to follow.

[@aidansayles2543]

This has to be the single most helpful video on the internet ever. The second fix was mine but all of these were so straight to the point yet thoroughly explained in what each method was doing and why it could work. I cannot thank you enough for this video. All four of my usb ports weren't working and you basically just saved my entire laptop. Thank you!

[@DaxiMew]

I genuinely thought that all three ports on my laptop were fried. They started working again after fix number 3. Thank you!

[@fabiangomez6461]

my laptop doesnt have power & sleep settings what do I do?

[@1967davethewave]

OK, what do you do when you uninstall your USB drivers and then you have no more control over you mouse and keyboard?

[@Kamzik_]

Nothing your fucked like me❤

[@felicityhayes-mccoy2979]

So grateful to you . I'm an author working to a deadline, and two chapters away from the end of a novel. This morning I found the ports on my laptop weren't responding. The very first tip in this vid solved the problem (an update had failed). I couldn't be less techically adept, so you've saved me a trip to find someone to fix it - and, as I'm abroad at the moment, that would have been a nightmare. So, thanks!

[@_.Envy_]

The third fix instantly solved the problem I was having with USB ports powering my devices, but not actually charging them. Thanks a ton!

[@themutekiununbi4932]

Hooray. Your fix option no 4 worked with my laptop and now recognises external USB storage. You are a champ!

[@liv2luv421]

I did the uninstalling one and reinstalling but I’m on a regular computer not laptop and now my mouse wont work and none of my USB ports will work. help

[@elisabetta7918]

Did you fix it?

[@liv2luv421]

@@elisabetta7918 I didn’t. my uncle is into computers so he ended up doing it.

[@eleanorwilliams5460]

Uninstalling and reinstalling the USB drivers was the solution for me! Thanks for the clear and easy to follow solutions!

[@APDRESS]

Me too

[@bloody-canvas5686]

When I uninstalled it now I can’t move my mouse so idk what to do please help me

[@rizzgaming775]

@@bloody-canvas5686 same

[@kelestRs]

It didn't work for me

[@G20Ivey]

Did your usb ports have a yellow arrow on them when you looked at them on the device manager

[@mrcurlywhirly1671]

I had a chepish USB-C multihub on my c940 that was bulletproof for well over a year, then the comms went 'phooooff' in an electrical storm, stripped it and found one of the surface mounted caps has gone to eHeaven. First replacement was a similar no name brand, with HDMI and Ethernet etc, this has been nothing but headaches, while the HDMI remained up the ethernet would continually drop with an error 43 every 3-5 minutes. Following your suggestion to turn off ALL power control on all drivers for all the USB related devices eventually fixed it. It has now been stable for many hours - kudos to you sir!

[@kennethreyes2487]

My gaming mouse just stopped working and this video probably just saved me a lot of money. Unchecking the boxes solved my issue. Thank you for helping us out!

[@PMPGolfer747]

I tried everything on my own to troubleshoot the USB port issue I was having. I recently added a multi-port adapter so I could use 4 USB devices on a single port on my PC. Worked fine with printer, Jabra headset, and miscellaneous USB charging devices. Then it died on me after a windows update ran. After going through your first 3 options, I rebooted and it's working again! Thanks for the expert advice. Clear and to the point.

[@vanessawiggins9434]

Solution #2 was the one that helped reboot my USB ports. Thank you so much for making this video! ☺️

[@CPJOKER00]

I tried fixing my USBS and I Uninstalled my USB Root hub and now I can't get past the login screen since of my USBs are working. HELP

[@elisabetta7918]

Come hai risolto!? Help

[@glab1135]

How could you get your mouse worked after uninstall USB Root Hub? My desktop USB ports totally not responding after that. I have my wireless mouse & keyboard response lag only when my hard drive and one of my flash drive plugged. Actually this problem is more complex, but it happen in very certain condition (when those drive plugged and not happened in wired mouse & keyboard).

[@BigDingo]

Did you fix this?

[@onlineph]

After uninstalling the USB Root and your keyboard and mouse doesn't work anymore, the next thing you can do is to reset or re-start your machine. Long press the power button to turn off, or reset button for desktop.

[@jawadahmed5561]

same problem with me. can you please help me out how to fix it??

[@elisabetta7918]

@@jawadahmed5561 me too can u help me

[@jawadahmed5561]

@@elisabetta7918 go to bios setting and sleect advance then go to the usb option. and disable everything almost 3 options here. then save and restart it. if didn't work. then enable all again. now it's work.. this is working for me

[@onlineph]

Although nothing of the 5 solutions solved my USB port problem, I do appreciate you for making this very very informative video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

[@traderden6907]

if the USB its not working how on earht are you going to connect KEYBOARD full of shit

[@cordarin7]

@@traderden6907 not possible that he has access to more than one computer right?

[@BigHunter59]

@@traderden6907 yea i agree with the man here, ive done countless things to fix my ports and nothing has worked, on my computer the ports in the front work while the ones in the back dont, they worked a day ro two ago with no issue just one day they stopped

[@Typicalindianguy]

Did u solved the problem?

[@onlineph]

@@traderden6907 I'm on my laptop. Keyboard is build-in. I'm using Yoga460 with 2 USB port on the right side, and 1 USB port on the left side. The 2 USB ports on the right side is no longer working. It seems turned off and the quick fixed shows on this video did not solve it. That's what I am saying.

[@lonsmith8412]

My Dell Optiplex 990 has/had 10 usb ports which seemed to stop working singly or in groups. First my mouse stopped having any effect, then my key board - both usbs. When I started to look at your tutorials, the monitor went black and stayed there. The monitor connector is HDMI and the PC connector is Display Port. They are connected by an adaptor marked 4K. The mouse, monitor (HDMI), and keyboard all work on my Chromebook. I haven’t figured out how to test the monitor adapter yet. Regarding the version of Windows 10, I think I have done at least one update but don’t know when or what its designation was. Has my PC just converted itself to a large paperweight with lots of memory, SDD drive, and TB hard drive?

[@radu_popescu_]

Uninstall/reinstall USB drivers did it for me. Thank you! Great video!

[@paraglidingguys]

Thanks! My roothub was suddenly disabled for some reason! No option for power, but a quick review in Properties and I noticed there’s a checkbox to enable/disable this device (usb drive). Thank you! You’ve saved me twice!

[@AdamClauson]

THANK YOU SO MUCH !! My USB ports on the back of my all in one weren't working for a while but I still have 2 on the side. But then one of those stopped working this morning and it was extremely frustrating. Windows was already up to date so I changed the USB power settings, disabled USB selective suspend, as well as enable fast start up since my computer had it toggled off. I reset my computer and put my USB back into the side port and it worked! I tried the USB ports on the back as well, one recognized it but another still didn't, which may have been the port that was messed up a couple years ago when it first stopped working. I was going to uninstall and reinstall drivers if your other fixes didn't work but I don't need to, for now at least! Saving this video to my favorite and subbing your channel. Simple, easy to follow instructions that actually helped and saved me a trip to the local computer store. Cheers man!

[@chromerims]

Liked your video post, Sir. Helped me a lot. I did the first two fixes (plugged LAN cable into an alternate device, and unchecked power mgmt for usb roots 2x). Together they worked for my case (even though humorously I lost track of which of those two fixes if applied in isolation would have been the winning solution, out of my own rushing to fix). With much appreciation. May you and your kin gain glory and receive richly.

[@TheBryanDavid]

I spilled coffee on my computer and my usb-c port stopped working, the 4th solution worked. Thank you so much!

[@weekendmagus9994]

DUUUUUUDE, it worked !!!!!! So, I have been using my old iphone as a webcam and recently noticed that the USB that keeps it connected to my laptop keeps connecting and disconnecting until today, it completely stopped working. That USB port didn't recognize anything. And what worked for me was what you explained at 02:00 Thank you so much

[@tharindudilshan4835]

I recently bought laptop and it's work fine. few days ago it has problem with one usb port.it's not respond to mouse or key bored but for pen drive and external hard disk work finely . I Tried several issue fix methods but did not succeed. What is the problem

[@dnyaneshkotkar674]

This is what exactly happened to me. I bought new leptop 3 days ago and now this same issue happened it supports pendrive but not supporting keyboard and mouse. Can u please help me out How did u encountered this problem

[@gadgetvision888]

Bro did you find a fix?

[@gadgetvision888]

@@dnyaneshkotkar674 did you found a fix?

[@dnyaneshkotkar674]

@@gadgetvision888 s bro I did I literally watched so many videos on youtube nothing worked. I Jst updated all my drivers and most importantly UPDATED MY WINDOWS. Hope u fix your issue. Btw it's a small bug so it's cool

[@tharindudilshan4835]

@@dnyaneshkotkar674 Mine it's fixed. somehow automatically .i guess by updating windows and drivers

[@acquiliux466]

sadness nothing worked for me

[@JumonBorthakur-pq5he]

Did u fixed it?

[@acquiliux466]

@@JumonBorthakur-pq5he my ports were dead as in the hardware and you cant replace those as there is a high risk of the motherboard dying on the laptop so in the end I had to buy a nee laptop

[@mansfieldlou]

Thanks!

[@mansfieldlou]

You're welcome. Nice clear instructions. Your quick fix saved me a lot of time and headaches. Well done.

[@Carolyn318]

#4 worked for me. I tried 1, 2, 3 & 5 first. Finally I decided to try #4 and PRESTO my USB ports are working like they should. This laptop has 2 USB ports. The one closest to me I call USB port 1 and the other one I call USB port 2. USB port 1 would charge these bluetooth headphones I use with this laptop but that was all it would do. When I would plug the dongle of my cordless mouse in it, the mouse wouldn't do anything. Now USB port 1 and USB port 2 are working like they're supposed to. Thank you for making this video. You'll definitely get a like and subscribe from me.

[@georgekaragiorgos]

Thank you Sir! Great solutuion. I had my USB ports disabled for a long time and I had the wrong impression that it was a hardware fault! You saved me 2 USB ports!

[@Morroco_TOP_4]

5:20 how can I use the mouse now after installing USB root hub ?????

[@julianpighin1572]

Just updating Windows and restarting the PC did the trick. Thanks a lot!

[@mikenobles1515]

OMG OMG OMG I have been struggling with this for one week and not been able to work efficiently without my mouse. The option with uninstalling the USB Hub worked flawlessly. Once I scanned for new hardware changes I heard the windows sound of when the usb is plugged in and I knew instantly I'm BACKKK IN action thank you so much for this video. Very informative in giving multiple options with clear explanation you are sent straight from heaven if you ask me . Thank you Thank you Thank you🙏

[@아라리요-q1m]

Another problem is that although the ports work now, the usb connection seems unstable as it keeps connecting and disconnecting randomly. Why is it like that and is there a way to fix it? Thank you.

[@02mcmurphy]

I’m having the same issue

[@liraelin]

Thank You! Changing the power option fixed the USB problem in a Flash! What a relief, I was getting so frustrated....

[@CaptainDugog]

I got these USB power surges every now and then so this was a life saver. Thank you.

[@AskaComputerGeek]

Awesome!!

[@DavidJones-ms5ek]

The Uninstall/Reinstall procedure worked for me. Thank you!

[@sumanaspirit]

The fourth fix worked for me. You are very clear and calm. Thanks so much.

[@diveyeshsyuvaneswaran4482]

Thank you so much!! After 3 hours of trying, i found your video. The third method worked perfectly!! THANK YOUUU

[@Malika-B12]

Thank you so much for this amazing life saving video. My problem is solved! All I had to do was to update windows and it all up and running. I really appreciate your effort, time and help. You are amazing. Keep up the great work.

[@angelo-001]

My issue is intermittent, however, all the power management options were selected. I unselected them and crossing my fingers, thank you so much!

[@charlene6099]

Is updatating the hub driver helps?

[@jyethomson9021]

Option #2 worked for me! Great video. Straight to the point. Thanks so much

[@gabriellamatrone9962]

HI, I hope you can help me. I can't see the button power management on my USB port. Do u know why?

[@MikeIdacavage]

Outstanding, well put together video. Uninstalling the USB ports and reinstalling (Number 4 option) worked like a charm. Thanks!!

[@MyDJIDronesChannelOthersTainan]

Hi, I kind of need some help on my computer's USB port because I was having some problems. After watching your video I accidentally deleted both the USB port 3.0 and now I can't even login to desktop because none of the USB port is working. Both key board and mouse can't be used because it can't recognized. Can you help me resolve this issue? I don't want to over do things trying to fix it myself and make things worth.

[@Kingkaffy]

Fantastic the option of disabling the power settings worked for me,,good job my guy

[@tylerrekts]

I only have one USB root up appear when I have two. Maybe the second is loose or not connected?

[@yousifalsawad]

I appreciate you. My problem was resolved by Option 5. Great, rich video that is also straight to the point. Keep going.

[@minergate4066]

Absolute newbie question here. I only have one Root Hub in my device manager.. Wondering if you're supposed to have one for each physical usb? None of these fixes worked on mine. I have 2 usb 3.0 on one side of the laptop, one of which only has power but no data - which is the issue, and the other is working fine. The other side has 1 usb 2 and working fine

[@PeckLoveMedia]

Thank you so much! Uninstalling/reinstalling the USB drivers seems to have worked for me.

[@xila8861]

Thats power thing is what really helped me out with my problem. Thanks, man.

[@sloth_bristol9504]

Great, problem solved. I was having trouble with USB hard drive not being visible on startup. If I went to Device Manager and uninstalled the Root Hub devices, the drive would appear on a restart. However, after shut down and starting up again it disappeared! Had to go to your final option of disabling the Fast Start up but that worked! So relieved - thank you.

[@50ror29]

I love the fact that this is the only yt that worked for me even tho i watched alot of popular ones

[@AskaComputerGeek]

I'm happy to help - glad it worked for you!

[@uwais931]

thanks a lot ! found the problem because of you. my devices were actually on "power save" mode and it needed to be turned off

[@MichaelHealy1]

Option 4 worked perfectly for me.....Great video with every step explained really well.

[@JohnnyB43]

Great video, unfortunately the solutions presented here did not resolve the issue with my laptop mouse and a USB flash drive. Bizarrely, simply using different ports for the same two devices did fortunately resolve the issue. cheers! JB

[@DaLeSy.]

Question, I have 5 USB ports on the back of my computer and 2 on the front. Why is it that when I uninstalled the two USB root hubs in device manager all of 7 of my ports stopped working? My keyboard wouldn't work, and neither would my mouse no mater which port I plugged them into. Until I did a forced restart of the computer then it started detecting them again. But why would all 7 ports stop working when I disabled only 2?

[@Pooh116]

Thanks for the video. I’ve had a friend who’s laptop USB ports would randomly stop working. The usb power settings were messed up.

[@wrippley103]

It was the third option that worked for me, however, my computer happens to be a desktop, not a laptop. USB are all working now, thank you.

[@edwardduncan8026]

I tried the uninstall and reinstall on my all in one desktop pc (Not a laptop). The only connection to for keyboard and mouse is through the USP ports. I followed the instructions to uninstall both ports. As soon as I uninstalled the USBs, I no longer was able to communicate with the computer by mouse or keyboard and had no way to reinstall the ports. I now have to take the computer to the shop. This was simply the case of sitting on the branch you are about to cut off. Please update your instructions so no one else gets stuck like this. Edward

[@rvmanian4721]

Same thing just happened to me

[@rvmanian4721]

Now I'm locked out how did you fix it?

[@MasterTiles08]

@@rvmanian4721 same with me. I used f2 on boot and then restored Windows to a backup point. It's actually absurd that he doesn't explain in the video the possibillity of this happening...

[@windysmile24]

great video! Today I had an issue, none of my USB ports were working and I thought it is because of my Mouse, but I tried another Mouse and it was not working either. I also tried my graphic tablet and nothing. So I got scared cause none of my USB ports were working. From your solutions the one that worked for me was to disable the option that turns off USB ports when the Laptop is on sleep mode or battery mode. Thanks a lot! 🎉

[@NihilismGuy]

Thank you! this video must have taken many hours for you to figure out how to fix the USB ports! your awesome my dude, keep up the good work!

[@indieHindleyTtv]

Can anyone tell me which one of these USB ports is the usb C port to try the second trick on?

[@rrahmanjinov]

Hi, first thanks for your video.. Please help if you can this is similar problem but I can solve it. I have a problem with my HP Elite X2 USB type A disconnecting and reconnecting every few seconds when USB external hard disc are plugged in or wireless mouse etc. Everything is OK and working when the device is plugged in on charger. Thanks.

[@theducklinghomesteadandgar6639]

GREAT video! I have an HP PavilionAll-in-One windows 10. I can try the quick power off and automatic power on but I have no way of doing any of the other options because a lot of my apps are either turned off, corrupted or have somehow lost their “connection “ so I cannot pull up a touchscreen mouse cursor nor the keyboard and my USB ports are not not working either. They stopped working while I was using the computer. I had wireless keyboard and mouse and then all of a sudden I didn’t. I have also tried all of the ports. Is there a way to just cause it to reset by using the power button. I can even get it to go online because that app is working but I cannot pull up the menu by selecting the windows tab. I get nothing there! Help?🤷🏽‍♀️

[@mauriciorubio9467]

My iphone was charging but not syncing or reading data.4th solution worked for me, thanks a lot!!!

[@TriRabbi]

I came here because I had thought for several weeks that the USB-A port on the back of my Dell laptop wasn't working, although the one on the side was working. Then I finally turned around my laptop and looked at it from the back, so I could SEE (not just feel) what I was doing. I realized I had been plugging my USB-A plug into the Ethernet RJ45 port. It had never occurred to me in the 30 years of USB history that an RJ45 jack could mimic the feel of a USB-A receptacle to USB-A plug.

[@yopibram]

Is this the solution for auto restart "power state driver failure" ? Coz i figure it out happen everytime i plug my ext hdd

[@raekon75]

Thanks man!!! 2 or 3 did it for me. USB ports completely unresponsive. Now they work!! Yay.!! Lifesaver

[@ianr02]

Grateful - after trying several fixes, yours worked...

[@briandimla7521]

did you have solution on sounds like grounded sound? i trust you buddy^^

[@KabimbiMaliti]

3rd fix worked. Blessings upon you sir.

[@balasubramanianj9854]

in lenova desktop, all the usb ports are not working. can you suggest a solution for this

[@visionaryvideomarketingsol8774]

Thank you so much. The 3rd fix was the charm!

[@kathydempsey7110]

USB Power Manager (2nd suggestion) fixed it! Thanks!

[@IMOLifeAdventures]

Excellent tutorial! Great teacher. One of the few clear cut kind tutorials. Congratulations

[@jennablaze8267]

Cool! Thank you for this video. The 2nd option was a match for my issue and now it's fixed! Very grateful. Thanks again.

[@thomaslalonde9076]

Fix #2 worked for me. Thanks so much! Really appreciate it.

[@nataliepostma3683]

Tried all these options, none worked. When it was time to do the one under power and sleep (change plan settings, change advanced settings) there was no USB setting in the list to click on. So, that must be part of the problem?

[@HeyYouYouAreFinallyAwake]

Can this cause decreased performance? Games that ran smoothly sometimes lag now

[@myusterd8855]

Hey great video man, anything for desktop where I can’t get past the login screen to do these fixes? Thanks a ton

[@averyblanton7833]

lmao facts u cant even do anything if u cant use the usb ports

[@kellnertommy]

thank you .Change advanced power settings helped me

[@billriley6649]

Eureka! Thanks so much. The power management was the issue.

[@chmooth]

thank you. uninstalling/reinstalling USB drivers fixed it for me. again thank you.

[@phinehaszheng5602]

Thank you! You are a life saver! The solution for me was to Disable USB selective suspend and restart the PC

[@DexterManning]

how am I supposed to do any of this if all my USB ports don't work hence I can't plug a mouse or keyboard into a USB port to use lol

[@mukhlashammadi1762]

I have a problem on the usb port with a description like this. "Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware because a previous instance of the device driver is still in memory. (Code 38) The driver could not be loaded because a previous version of the driver is still in memory". I have tried the method you suggested but nothing works. Even I have updated all the drivers but still no result. This problem always appears when I install the game. And the strange thing is, when my computer restarts this problem disappears only for one time inserting the flasdisc into the usb port but when I eject and insert my flashdisc again this problem comes back again. I hope you can help me.

[@mulezah20]

Second option is what worked for me thanks alot

[@ishmel11]

I keep seeing these videos, but none of them actually fit into the category of usb ports not working. How can you fix it if the usb slots don't work on startup/repair menu but perfectly fine in bios.

[@i_brahmos1]

Unfortunately disabled the USB root hub (3.0). Now none of the ports are working. Cant navigate through mouse and keyboard. Please help

[@patrickwoods9863]

So helpful! Simple and clean. THANK YOU!

[@edword1321]

Hello, I tried every option but it didn't work for me. My issue is that every time when I turn my mouse right, it is unplugging. Is it the fault of the mouse or my laptop? I am looking forward for an answer!

[@AskaComputerGeek]

When you say turn right - you mean literally turning the mouse while using it? Sounds like the wire for your mouse is frayed/loose inside.

[@marthablonn3383]

fix 2 worked for me. Power management - turn off . Thank you so much!!!

[@RicardoPower]

The setting got removed to manage the power, do yo know how to fix that?

[@kennyripkowski]

Thanks - Power setting (#2) was the fix!

[@tishm2102]

I use a wireless mouse and keyboard, will these items be affected if I proceed with these changes? Sorry, it may be a lame q...

[@AGD9772]

No 5 step work for me..now my razee key and mouse are back..thx bro..you made my day..👍👍👍👍👍❤️

[@ejaybon9049]

Excellent video. Solutions 2 and 3 worked. Keep publishing instructions especially for those who are novices.