REPAIR YOUR USB PORTS YOURSELF

I was on leave for quite awhile, hope am back fully anyway. Today I will be discussing an important topic that rock hard in the world of Computer, why many if not all motherboard at a specific period in their life spam malfunction.

Well there’s always 99.9% assurance that users are responsible for motherboard malfunctions but sometimes it’s natural and inevitable.

I had read lots of post on repairing USB ports but most are not detailed. Note this; “Before pointing a screwdriver toward any screw, be sure you’ve exhausted all alternatives”.

In most cases, Software that is not well coordinated or pile up in registry, are causes of many malfunctions of hardware.

Oh! I love portable devices; easy mobility, lightweight, energy savers … are all advantages of portable devices, but nowadays, it’s becoming more difficult to maintain.

USB ports allow you to connect various USB (Universal Serial Bus) devices, such as printers, Bluetooth, Phones, cameras, external HDD e.t.c. It’s unfortunate when we are on the verge of enjoy its functionalities, it partially or wholly stops working.

IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEMS:

The first suspect is the Software (I mean its drivers), in my own idea, it’s a little collections of files and probably small executable programs in which the information about specific hardware is in script and commands for the execution of a particular function are coordinated.

You see, most manufactures updates each driver for some hardware sequentially whereby in your windows settings, unknowing your defaults settings is to update drivers automatically, but unfortunately at times during the process of update, your network connectivity might break or unexpected interruption causes break in transmission thereby causing hardware malfunction (though not often) and since your update is on schedule which some set an interval of months, after the corruption, between the first 24hrs of detection of such problems, we rush in drawing our screwdriver towards the motherboard and if care is not taken, you mess up the entire system. “Experience has taught me so”.

SOLUTION:

Microsoft Windows and other popular Operating Systems made it easier to update drivers, all you need doing is getting connected and navigate to your device manager, click on your Universal Serial Bus Controller, in the drop down boxes, left click on each drivers and click on update driver software, it will show a dialog box, click on automatically update drivers, wait awhile for the systems to locate its driver and get it installed, restart your PC and you are good to go.

Alternatively, locate your motherboard information such as (Current Date/Time, Computer Names, Operating System, System Manufacturer, System Model, Bios, Processor, Memory e.t.c.), well for the sake of this post, all you need are Bios, System Model and Manufacturer, then visit your manufacturer website, search with your device information, there you find the entire update for all hardware installed on your PC, download them and install while your hardware gets the update it effect after restarting your PC but I recommend updating your BIOS also because of effectiveness and that should solve the problems.

IF PROBLEMS PERSIST:

Then you are in for a long probe, tighten your girdle because this is the stage hardware repair comes in.

I will not state categorically how to dissemble laptops because nowadays we got a lot of them from different companies but I will highlight precautionary measures to be taken into account.

1.     Make sure the first thing to do is unplug your PC from the mains

2.     Remove your battery that is located either at the bottom of your laptop or beside it (In order to avoid short-circuit and possible the only method to get your casing detachable).

3.     Remove your CMOS battery (so that your PC lose any memory of it been dissembled and to let new settings takes effect).

4.     Lift flex of any length and size with extra-care and detach carefully.

Now all I recommend is a little cleaning, experience has taught me that when motherboards gather excessive dust (stuffy), it causes hardware overheating whereby ICs and ceramics malfunction, so clean carefully and check if the silver metallic guide, guiding the inserted USB devices is not lose because it may also result in contact error where cables or lined metal might not align properly, if such is the case, use a pinpoint screwdriver to pinch the mental guide firmly to its original shape, connect the flex back, reassemble your PC and power on it, now check, if the problems persist, contact (sanchtech)/hardware consultant immediate.

“ADVANCED DETAIL TO BE POSTED LATER”

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