You might think of your PCs USB ports as strictly for peripherals, like a keyboard and mouse, or for portable drives. What ...

Did you know the internet is full of USB accessories that add a whole new layer of convenience to your computer? Here are ...

USB 3.0 can speed up your setup or tank it depending on what you connect. Learn which devices benefit and which ones fall apart under interference.

The universal serial bus (USB) enables users to connect plug-and-play devices to a PC, but different kinds of USB exist. USB 1.0 and 1.1 are older versions of the interface that are much slower than ...

Which USB-C cable can do what? It's often not that easy to find out. A clever cable tester helps to sort cables according to ...

Even if your laptop is lacking ports, these accessories will keep all your gear connected Written By Written by Staff senior editor, Buy Side Nick Guy is a staff senior editor for Buy Side. He's been ...

Connecting an external hard drive to a computer before turning on the system can confuse the device when loading the operating system. When a computer hangs after the BIOS splash screen while being ...

The problem might be with your USB device or USB port. To check this, connect the USB device to another USB port and see what happens. You can also connect another USB device to your computer. This ...

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Maybe you know not to plug strange USB drives into your computer, but trends indicate that most people think nothing of it. This is not a new risk. A decade ago, a group of penetration testers—hackers ...

The first and foremost thing you should do to stop random USB connection or disconnection sounds is to remove all the USB devices and then reconnect them. You should remove them one-by-one and check ...