11 months, 2 weeks ago
USB on laptop is damage an I wan to know what can I do to fix it or do some sort of DIY thing to the laptop to make use of the USB?
Hi guys, I have an old DELL Latitude D600 laptop. I don't have a job to buy a new one and my caveman of a laptop so far is very reliable when it comes to web surfing and other tasks. My issue is the USB ports are damaged in a way the computer doesnt recognize anything I plug in. So my question is: What can I do to fix or do some type of hack to my laptop? so I can keep using it until I put her to rest. ~ Q7
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Go to dell's web site and get the latest drivers for your laptop. If that doesn't help, you may need to test to see if the +5 volt rail of the USB ports are working, (do lights on the USB device light up at all?). Some laptops save power by turning off the ability to power things through USB. you can test for this by using something that does not get it's power from the USB port by default. Any battery operated device that uses USB should work. Or an external HDD/DVD/CD drive that comes with a wall adapter. If it turns out that no lights come on or devices that have their own power work proper then it's up to you to figure out how to turn that off for your lap top. Start with reading the manual. If all of the above does not work then it is likely that the USB controller of the laptop is(burned/fried/dead/ruined/cooked/broken) and will never again work.
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