USB not fully working anymore on Sony Vaio

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If static electricity hit your USB chip, most likely, no usb device would work. But that would definately be a hardware issue.

Computers are very, very sensitive to static electricity. One shock can kill an entire motherboard instantly. This is why it is highly recommended that you wear a grounding strap when working on any computer.

 

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MarkW :

If static electricity hit your USB chip, most likely, no usb device would work. But that would definately be a hardware issue.

Computers are very, very sensitive to static electricity. One shock can kill an entire motherboard instantly. This is why it is highly recommended that you wear a grounding strap when working on any computer.

I haven't been working on the computer, it was never opened, i meant the static that 75w surround speakers connected via headphone jack could make, the headphone jack is right near the USB ports, when i disconect the speakers they release a loud electric noise which goes away after turning them on and off, this neveer happens when disconecting same speakers from desktop computer.

Anyway, i should have been clearer regarding what i meant by static, i didn't meant the ussual static that can kill the mobo during adding of parts.

 

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It doesn't matter where the static electricity comes from. The result is the same.

 

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MarkW :

It doesn't matter where the static electricity comes from. The result is the same.

The think is that the mouse stoped working while i was not touching the laptop, just browsing with Chrome and all of a sudden it stoped the movement, i thought the computer froze but then i realized the USB mouse buttons were still working and onboard laptop mouse was working fine too.

Could a software related issue cause the USB mouse to stop working all of a sudden? Is the USB damaged since 3 out of 4 USB mouses i have don't work on it for since i got the laptop?

 

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Well, I guess that would be possible, but as soon as you restart the computer, the drive is going to load from that hard drive again. And it should be back to where you when you installed Windows.

Have you ever downloaded USB drivers and installed them? If you have, where did you get the drivers?

 

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MarkW :

Well, I guess that would be possible, but as soon as you restart the computer, the drive is going to load from that hard drive again. And it should be back to where you when you installed Windows.

Have you ever downloaded USB drivers and installed them? If you have, where did you get the drivers?

Windows automatically installed the drivers, all these USB mouses work on desktop and other laptops in "plug & play" fashion without problems, there is probably some hardware related issues with USB ports not connecting well because some functions work like buttons and red lights.

 

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wired or wireless mice?

 

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ffg7 :

wired or wireless mice?

Wired mouse.

 

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do those mice work alright on another computer? does the laptop have usb3 ports & if yes then are you plugging the mice into those usb3 ports?

 

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ffg7 :

do those mice work alright on another computer? does the laptop have usb3 ports & if yes then are you plugging the mice into those usb3 ports?

The mouse works on other desktop computer.

The laptop doesn't have USB 3.0, just 2x USB 2.0 with power.

 

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All of a sudder the mouse started to fully work again, i guess it's a laptop hardware issue, something wrong with USB ports.

 

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wiggle the mouse's usb connector when plugged in to see the port moves & causes the mouse to stop working.

 

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Sounds like you have found the problem.

Wish it had turned out better for you though.

 

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