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USB Device Malfunction and Google Chrome Problem
« on: Sat, 10 January 2015, 09:56:27 »

Once again I have gotten my incompetent self into a bit of a spot.
I have been receiving lots of alerts like this. USB device malfunction.
But I can’t figure out what device has malfunctioned. And the ‘click here for assistance in solving this problem’ thing is totally unhelpful.
Any ideas?

Another problem that I have been getting, is Google Chrome telling me constantly that some page or other is ‘not responding’ and I must kill it. This is starting to get very irritating because it interferes with my work. The page in question can be any page – yahoo mail, google mail, nytimes, bbc news, geekhack.org, taobao proxy, etc. I’m at my wits end to solve this problem because of the disruptions it causes.

Can anyone suggest a fix?
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Re: USB Device Malfunction and Google Chrome Problem
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 10 January 2015, 10:02:42 »
For the chrome issue is your adobe flash plugin up to date?
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Re: USB Device Malfunction and Google Chrome Problem
« Reply #2 on: Sat, 10 January 2015, 10:36:09 »
Hrrrm... could be virus/spyware/hijack..

Update bios..  reformat.. update drivers..
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Re: USB Device Malfunction and Google Chrome Problem
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 10 January 2015, 17:36:46 »
I have had numerous USB hubs fail, both powered and unpowered ones, even "good" brands.
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Re: USB Device Malfunction and Google Chrome Problem
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 12 January 2015, 10:34:39 »
What operating system? If Windows, do you also hear the chime indicating a device disconnected? Do you have any devices plugged into a USB 3 port? If so, you might want to disable "link power management". This feature is causing trouble for lots of folks (including me, until I learned to disable USB 3 power management).

Here's just one example...

http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/9588/~/a-usb-3.0-drive-randomly-disconnects-and-reconnects-from-a-pc

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Re: USB Device Malfunction and Google Chrome Problem
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 12 January 2015, 12:29:53 »
Quote from: Tactile on Mon, 12 January 2015, 10:34:39
What operating system? If Windows, do you also hear the chime indicating a device disconnected? Do you have any devices plugged into a USB 3 port? If so, you might want to disable "link power management". This feature is causing trouble for lots of folks (including me, until I learned to disable USB 3 power management).

Here's just one example...

http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/9588/~/a-usb-3.0-drive-randomly-disconnects-and-reconnects-from-a-pc

OK, none of the devices are USB3.

No disconnection either. As I pointed out, everything is working. So I don't understand why I am getting the notice that 'USB device malfunctioned'. 

In the past I got that notice with certain unreliable adapters/ whenever the USB connection was loose. But that's not the case for this current problem.
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Re: USB Device Malfunction and Google Chrome Problem
« Reply #6 on: Mon, 12 January 2015, 14:30:55 »
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