USB Drops out While Gaming

whammer · 31 Mar 2008 at 18:47

Hi all,

I have noticed recently that, while gaming my USB randomly drops out and back in. Has anyone experienced such a thing? Game also locks up for a second or so when this happens, any help appreciated.
I'm running a Gigabyte GA-P35C-DSR3 with 4GB RAM and XP Pro. It's a C2D 6300@3Ghz.
Seems table otherwise...Orthos for 6 hrs stable.

Regards,

Whammer

whammer · 2 Apr 2008 at 20:24

Anyone?

ih8modem · 2 Apr 2008 at 20:27

Cant say thats ever happed to me. Perhaps the voltage being supplied to your USB device is unstable?

Does everything drop out?
Is it specific to a certain set of USB ports?
Are they on-board ports or on header cables (thinking cable might be slightly damaged or be coming loose).
Do you have a powered USB hub that you could test with?

closeratio · 2 Apr 2008 at 20:31

I've got the same mobo and RAM setup but I don't expereince anything like that no. ih8modem's advice about the USB header cables coming loose seemslike a good thing to check.

Odd that it's only happening during gaming though

ih8modem · 2 Apr 2008 at 20:35

closeratio said:
I've got the same mobo and RAM setup but I don't expereince anything like that no. ih8modem's advice about the USB header cables coming loose seemslike a good thing to check.

Odd that it's only happening during gaming though

Gaming is probably the time the most voltage is being pumped through the ports, as there is constant and sustained inputs to the devices. Unsure what devices are being used, but in my case for example all my devices are USB

I have Saitek X52 throttle + stick , Logitech G15 keyboard , Logitech G7 mouse , CH products MFP , CH rudder pedals. Never had a dropout on any of them, and I play FPS like BF2 often enough.

whammer,try moving each device to a seperate USB controller. Also check your board for spare header pins, and invest in some spare usb brackets. I got some 4 port brackets (2 x 2 port on a single bracket) for 1.47 each about a week ago, and that included postage! (Unfortunately from a competitor so I cant tell you where I got them)

Schnippzle · 2 Apr 2008 at 20:41

Could be a power issue? random shot though.

Devil_Spawn · 2 Apr 2008 at 23:06

unplug any uncessary usb devices?

what is your psu rating?

Shash · 2 Apr 2008 at 23:48

I get the same thing, my keyboard restarts itself while playing games due to a random drop, so far unsolved, tried different ports to no avail... G15 by the way, mouse stays fine, pretty weird and inexplicable, not all that frequent either