USB - Sudden failure

[Pulse]

anonymous said:

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No, you're not supposed to do that.

[Pulse]

I'm surprised you've never had a warning. Are you using Windows? If so, there should be this in your system tray.



I can only hope this may be a case of 'obvious troll is obvious'!

[twister]

anonymous said:

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If the device was still being recognised by the PC, then you would have been able to eject it by right-clicking on its drive letter in Explorer/My Computer/other file system navigator of choice and selecting the eject option from the pop-up menu - there might not be a physical eject mechanism, but there is still an eject procedure that needs to be followed... Failing to do this, and instead simply yanking the devive out of the USB socket without giving the OS any warning that it's about to get disconnected, is sooner or later going to give you grief even if you wait for any activity indications to cease.

There's also a relatively common failure mode on USB devices that plug directly into a USB port rather than connect via a cable, which would give the symptoms you're seeing. Repeated stresses on the USB plug during plugging/unplugging can cause one or more of the solder joints between connector and device PCB to break. Depending on where the break is, the device may still charge OK but not be recognised/be accessible, or it may do nothing at all. Usually a simple fix if you've got a soldering iron and can get inside the casing.

[Murph7355]

What is the make/model of the device? Is it the type where the USB connector slides out?

[sunbeam alpine]

A bit further down on your screenshot you should see a tab USB devices (probably with a > next to it). Click on the > and you'll see all the USB devices. Delete them all by clicking on them and pressing del. You'll be asked to confirm each deletion.

Restart your PC.

It will automatically re-detect and reinstall USB devices.

[Digger]

What is the mp3 player and model number.

[Digger]

Silly Boy

[Digger]

When you plug it in do you hear a bing-bong from the speakers . . . and a bong-bing when you remove it? It should be showing up in Windows Explorer as an extra removeable drive/device of some description.

[RobCrezz]

anonymous said:

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Go into disk management and see if it shows up there?