USB ports not all the same?

pacinitaly

pacinitaly

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Hi,
I have a gateway laptop M6881.
Vista home prem sp1.
Gateway logitech corded mouse.
It has 3 usb ports.
Also I have a palm centro smartphone.
And I have 3 Maxtor external usb HDD ( powered by usb )

When I attach the palm, I have to always use the back port on the left side.

When I attach the mouse, I have to attach to the right side.

When I attach an external HDD I can only attach to the front left port or right port and unplug the mouse.

I have uninstalled the mouse and usb drivers and rebooted many times.

Attached you will see pics of the device manager with "show hidden devices" checked.

My question is:
Is there an issue with the hardware itself or is there a parameter I'm missing to control all the usb's equally?

as always,
thank you

Carmine

PS does anyone else have a Expresscard® Type 54 slot on their laptop
 

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My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    gateway/m6881
    CPU
    centrino core 2 duo 2.2ghz T7500
    Memory
    3GB
    Hard Drives
    500GB WD
    Mouse
    logitech
    Internet Speed
    fios 35MB not!!!!
pacinitaly said:
My question is:
Is there an issue with the hardware itself or is there a parameter I'm missing to control all the usb's equally?

as always,
thank you

Carmine

PS does anyone else have a Expresscard® Type 54 slot on their laptop
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anyone?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    gateway/m6881
    CPU
    centrino core 2 duo 2.2ghz T7500
    Memory
    3GB
    Hard Drives
    500GB WD
    Mouse
    logitech
    Internet Speed
    fios 35MB not!!!!
pacinitaly said:
pacinitaly said:
My question is:
Is there an issue with the hardware itself or is there a parameter I'm missing to control all the usb's equally?

as always,
thank you

Carmine

PS does anyone else have a Expresscard® Type 54 slot on their laptop
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anyone?
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Hi Carmine,
On Desktops USB ports are different, that much I do know, but dont ask me why, so maybe Lappys are the same.

Not much of an answer but better than nothing :)

Pooch
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self build
    CPU
    Phenom II x4 Black Edition 940-Arctic-Cooling Freezer Xtreme
    Motherboard
    Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe
    Memory
    8 gig Samsung PC800 RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVidia 9600gt
    Sound Card
    AD1988b
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" TFT-MONITOR WIDESCREEN mit VGA/DVI 17" Video7 TFT
    Screen Resolution
    1680 : 1050 1280 : 1024
    Hard Drives
    Drive #1 - SAMSUNG HD252HJ (250 GB)
    Drive #2 - Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 (1000 GB)
    Drive #3 - SAMSUNG HD250HJ (250 GB)
    Drive #4 - SAMSUNG HD103UJ (1000 GB) External eSATA
    PSU
    Thermaltake Toughpower Cable Management 750W
    Case
    Enermax Chakra
    Cooling
    2x 120mm Front and Back 1x 250mm Side
    Keyboard
    Standard
    Mouse
    Easy Line Laser Mouse
    Internet Speed
    16000
    Other Info
    I have also used Fedora, Suse, Ubuntu Linux
    And all other Windows from 95 to date except ME
Hi Pacinitaly,

I've got exactly the same lappy, almost. What was your question? Maybe I can help.:geek::D

Cheers...
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway P7805u FX
    CPU
    Intel Core2Duo T9600 2.80GHz 1066MHz FSB
    Motherboard
    Intel PM45
    Memory
    8GB 1066MHz DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 9800M GTS 1GB DDR3
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 17" WUXGA TFT
    Screen Resolution
    1920x 1200
    Hard Drives
    WD 2x500GB
    Case
    notebook
    Other Info
    BT/BD
Hi Carmine,

I don't think that anything is wrong. You state that your external HDD is powered via the USB port. These can be power-hungry, and this is where I suspect that the problem lies. The USB interface can only supply so much power through its ports, and in many systems that power capacity is shared between them.

If everything is working properly when plugged in separately, but not together, then the simplest solution would be to get a powered USB hub. This has its own power supply, so if you use that to connect to your external HDD you should find that you should be able to have the mouse plugged into the laptop at the same time.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dwarf Dwf/11/2012 r09/2013
    CPU
    Intel Core-i5-3570K 4-core @ 3.4GHz (Ivy Bridge) (OC 4.2GHz)
    Motherboard
    ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M
    Memory
    4 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B (16GB)
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GeForce GTX770 Gaming OC 2GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition on board solution (ALC 898)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ViewSonic VA1912w Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    OCZ Agility 3 120GB SATA III x2 (RAID 0)
    Samsung HD501LJ 500GB SATA II x2
    Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB SATA II
    Iomega 1.5TB Ext USB 2.0
    WD 2.0TB Ext USB 3.0
    PSU
    XFX Pro Series 850W Semi-Modular
    Case
    Gigabyte IF233
    Cooling
    1 x 120mm Front Inlet 1 x 120mm Rear Exhaust
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 3000 (USB)
    Mouse
    Microsoft Comfort Mouse 3000 for Business (USB)
    Internet Speed
    NetGear DG834Gv3 ADSL Modem/Router (Ethernet) ~4.0 Mb/s (O2)
    Other Info
    Optical Drive: HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH10LS30 SATA Bluray
    Lexmark S305 Printer/Scanner/Copier (USB)
    WEI Score: 8.1/8.1/8.5/8.5/8.25
    Asus Eee PC 1011PX Netbook (Windows 7 x86 Starter)
Thanks guys, I'll try

stay well...
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    gateway/m6881
    CPU
    centrino core 2 duo 2.2ghz T7500
    Memory
    3GB
    Hard Drives
    500GB WD
    Mouse
    logitech
    Internet Speed
    fios 35MB not!!!!
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