On my setup, i have an Orico A3H10 USB hub mounted to my desk, all my peripherals are connected to it, every once in a blue moon, when my hardware is in heavy usage (playing a demanding game, for example), the USB ports on my machine randomly turn off, sometimes my Intel AX200 wi-fi card follows suit and turns itself off as well.
I cannot have this setup without a hub, due to the length of the cables on the peripherals, my table is very big, they simply cannot reach the rear panel of my computer, i thought about using a Thunderbolt KVM like Linus does, but its too costly for me.
Thing is, i haven’t been able to replicate this issue on my own, its completely random, just often enough to annoy me but not often enough to be diagnosed and analyzed, and i don’t know what to blame, “fixing” the issue when it happens is not that difficult, i have to turn my PC off for some 10 minutes, connect the hub to another port, restart the system and reconnect the hub to the old port.
I’ve been taking some things in consideration:
The hub: its old, its battered, i’ve been using it since 2016 and it refused to work at all some months ago, until it magically came back to life and has been working ever since. I tried ordering another similar usb hub twice, but on both occasions my package was lost in transit, and i ordered it again today, hopefully third time’s a charm.
Windows: early 2021 install that was converted to Windows 11 when it became available, i chose to do a clean swipe back then, but i also had to revise some TPM configs when i upgraded my CPU last December, i think its possible Windows Update messed up some drivers while at it.
Motherboard: X370 i bought in 2019, not that old, but also not that new, there doesn’t seem to be anything wrong with it, but i think it could be a dormant issue, that rears its ugly head occasionally.
What do you guys think? I’m gonna do a clean install of Windows 11 this friday, but if the problem still persists, do you guys think the culprit is my motherboard or my usb hub?
