Usb connections z790 carbon

[Billy from Consett]

I've noticed that some of the usb connections when attached to external hard drives can be a bit flaky - sometimes they don't connect and need removing and re-inserting.
Wonder if upgrading to the latest bios might improve this. The bios I'm using is not the latest.
Any observations?

 

[dvair]

May not fix the USB stuff, but I would update to latest anyways. There may be security updates in it.

 

[laportein151f02d0]

The two usb2 receptacles on the front panel of my case have been flaky. It doesn't matter if it's a printer or usb drive. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, sometimes it drops the connection after a few minutes. The backpanel usb connectors have been rock solid as they are part of the motherboard. I blame my case. So it depends on which usb ports you have tried.

 

[Billy from Consett]

The two usb2 receptacles on the front panel of my case have been flaky. It doesn't matter if it's a printer or usb drive. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, sometimes it drops the connection after a few minutes. The backpanel usb connectors have been rock solid as they are part of the motherboard. I blame my case. So it depends on which usb ports you have tried.

Thanks. It's the back panel which sometimes drop briefly before re-connecting. Not the best for file transfer or file conversion. I need to try the 6tb hard disk on another computer to see if its the external drive at fault.