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How to "restart/repair" an USB port?

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Mar 15, 2026272021 views
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My laptop has two USB ports, but one is broken, so I use a USB hub in the other good USB port. In that USB hub, I use a mouse and keyboard. Suddenly, that USB port doesn't detect the mouse and the keyboard (even with the light of the hub is on), and the only solution that I found is restarting the …

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None of the answers quite answer the title question. How to “restart/repair” a USB port? There are three ways to "restart" a particular USB port: Reboot the computer. Or ... Unplug, then re-plug, the physical device connected to the port. Or ... Dis…

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