USB disables itself during gameplay and keeps failing, needing a restart to fix.
USB disables itself during gameplay and keeps failing, needing a restart to fix.
When playing a game, my mouse often stops working suddenly (about 5 seconds to 1 minute after starting), and eventually it shuts down completely until I restart my computer (3 to 10 minutes after the game begins). The mouse stays on and doesn’t react, but nothing appears wrong with it. Once the problem appears, plugging in another USB breaks it until I restart again (for example, my microphone, keyboard). Over the past year I’ve kept six USBs connected except headphones and a phone charger, which changed about two months ago. Usually I have six USBs active: phone charger, webcam, mouse, keyboard, soundblaster play 3, Vmoda boom pro plugged in, and a USB-C to 3.5mm adapter with a Sennheiser 58x. I bought my motherboard (MS-7B48) in December 2018. Recently I swapped my headphones two months ago from kph30i to Sennheiser 58x and updated my GPU a month ago (from 2070 to 3060 Ti). I’ve tried removing less important USBs (webcam, charger), restoring settings to 8/4, disabling USB selective suspend in power options, updating chipset, using the troubleshooter, running Driver Easy, scanning with Malwarebytes, and even doing a manual USB update. I’ve also used DxDiag to check power usage, printing only entries showing consumption. This issue began around August 14-15. I’ve unplugged some USBs and tried restarting, but nothing seems to fix it. I’m unsure what else to do now; the specs are listed above.