When you insert the USB on the Laptop, the Laptop takes the reaction it scans the USB and confirms whether the USB is safe to work on the Laptop or not. Sometimes there might be some physical issue in the USB port that causes USB Ports not working error.
There are many reasons which occur due to which the USB ports not able to work. Hardware problem and software problem are two main issues which arise due to which USB port not able to work.
From hardware problems, it means that the USB port has been distorted, and sometimes a distorted Pen drive can also cause this error. Whereas from software problem it’s mean that USB is not safe to insert in the Laptop and sometimes missing files/drivers can also cause USB Ports not working error.
How to Fix USB Ports Not Working on Windows 10, 8 and 7
Solution 1: Restart your Laptop
It is one of the simplest and effective methods among other methods. Here I am going to show you some steps to restart your Laptop.
Step 1: Press the window button on the keyboard.
Step 2: The menu appears with a lot of options.
Step 3: click on the restart option.
Plugin the USB again to check whether the USB Ports not working error is fixed or not. If not then follow the other methods in the list.
Solution 2: Adjust Power Management
Sometimes window shut down your USB controller so that it saved more power. Believe me, you can adjust the Power management and turn on the USB controller to do so, here I am going to show you some of the easy steps.
Step 1: Press Windows+ R altogether in your keyboard, run appears in the bottom left side of the display.
Step 2: In the dialogue box type “devmgmt.msc” and press Enter (don’t use inverted column).
Step 3: Device manager appears on the display, under device manager double click Universal Serial Bus controllers.
Step 4: Right-click on the last option i.e. USB ROOT Hub, and select properties.
Step 5: Click the power management tab which appears on the last column.
Step 6: Under the power management tab selected on the 1st option i.e.“Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power”.
Step 7: After selecting the 1st option shown below click on the “ok” button.
After doing all the steps shown above make sure to plug in the Pen drive again to check the result.
Solution 3: Reinstall USB drivers
As we know this is the problem of the USB so the USB driver plays a vital role in your Laptop. here I am going to show you a method to fix the non-working USB port by Reinstall the USB driver. Sometimes some files get missed or get corrupted in USB driver as a result the USB driver didn’t work.
Follow the below steps to fix the non-working USB port in your Laptop:
Step 1: Press Windows + R altogether in your keyboard, run appears in the bottom left side of the display.
Step 2: In the dialogue box type “devmgmt.msc” and press Enter (don’t use inverted column).
Step 3: Device manager appears on the display, under device manager double click Universal Serial Bus controllers.
Step 4: Right-click on the last option i.e. USB ROOT Hub, and select properties.
Step 5: On the properties click on the uninstall device.
Step 6: Repeat the same process for each USB Root in the section of Universal Serial Bus Controller.
Step 7: After successfully doing all the steps successfully make sure to restart your Laptop to get a positive result.
Solution 4: Update USB drivers
As we know this is the problem of the USB so the USB driver plays a vital role in your Laptop. Here I am going to show you a method to fix the non-working USB port by Update the USB driver. Sometimes some files get missed or get corrupted in USB driver as a result the USB driver didn’t work.
Follow the given steps to update the USB driver. There are two ways to update the Video card driver
- Automatically
- Manually
If you don’t know about the company of USB driver then update it automatically for this you have to do the following steps:
Step 1: Press the “Windows” button and “R” on the keyboard altogether
Step 2: Then a dialogue box appears
Step 3: Write “devmgmt” in the dialogue box.
Step 4: Now Go to the “Driver” tab.
Step 5: Now Click “Update Driver” and select update automatically.
In the above steps, you can update the video card driver automatically. If you know about the video card driver then take some time and just update manually it is safer than automatically.
Step 1: Click on the internet browser i.e. Google chrome, safari, UC browser
Step 2: Then click on the USB card company
Step 3: Then click on the latest video card driver and check it according to your pc also check your window bytes.
Step 4: Then Download or update it genuinely.
Follow these two ways to update your USB driver
Method 5: Disable USB Selective Suspend
Disabling the USB selective Suspend is also the way to fix the USB port error in your Laptop to do so here are some of the easy steps :
Step 1: Press “Windows + X” altogether in your keyboard, Window mobility center appears on your display.
Step 2: Under the Window, the mobility center clicks on the power option. (Charger and battery icon)
Step 3: Then click on the plan settings, under choose to customize a power plan.
Step 4: Menu appears then sub click on the Change advanced power settings
Step 5: Go to the USB settings, right-click on the USB setting.
Step 6: USB selective setting appears selected disabled option
Step 7: Then click the apply option after doing all the steps lastly click on the OK button as the display on the screen.
I hope this method work.
Method 6: Remove Laptop battery
In some cases, the battery of the Laptop is not properly fixed, so it might do some issues like the USB port not working. if you want to fix the USB port then one of the methods is just removing the Laptop battery and insert the battery carefully.
Conclusion
These are all working, effective and possible methods to fix the USB port and I hope you are able to fix the USB Ports not working issue by one of the above methods.
