Mouse stops working entirely after connecting external USB 3 hard drives.
Mouse stops working entirely after connecting external USB 3 hard drives.
check the issue with a recent BIOS update. The problem seems inconsistent—sometimes it doesn’t occur, other times it’s mild lag, and occasionally the mouse becomes almost unresponsive with no disk activity. Plugging in a hard drive through the back USB3 port helps. Make sure the motherboard matches the specs and consider testing with a different mouse if possible.
The initial thought is the hard drive is consuming too much power when connected to a USB hub powered by a computer.
It might be due to a failure in one or more of your external HDDs. I recommend testing the system with a single external HDD at a time. Typically, you can identify the problematic drive by disconnecting and reconnecting it to see which one triggers the issues.
I usually connect one hard drive at a time, but I noticed this happens with everyone. Using a different port makes it stop completely, though I think the red port is the fastest one I have. Maybe I should try other ports instead? I don’t think the drives are broken because it doesn’t occur on another port or my laptop either.
i think its somehow interfering with the Bluetooth of the mouse cause its actually plugged in right next to that port, but i cant really change it because its literally plugged in the slowest port (the i/o of this board is a mess unfortunately) so yeah, there are workarounds, i just thought maybe there's a specific fix or something, on the other hand i don't want to update the bios on chance, since its msi afterall and i don't have the best experience with that (gotta be grateful the current one is working, but ill look into that anyway i guess)
because I don't own one. that makes sense too. my old B350 motherboard and laptop didn’t support it, and even with three external drives connected there was no lag. still worth a shot, I think.