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∙ 15y agotry to run in safe mode... that's what i do...
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∙ 15y agoThis depends on the computer or other device. Older computers have no USB ports. Many desktops have them on both the front and the back, while some only have the sockets in the back. Laptops tend to have USB ports on either or both sides. Peripherals tend to have their USB ports on the back or one of the ends.
USB Ports on the front of a computer for convenience to allow someone to easily connect and remove a portable usb device such as a usb flash drive or other device that you may sit down ad connect for a few minutes then remove to take with you.
External Hard Drives are generally connected to USB ports or FireWire ports.
Check that the usb device is functional in the Device Manager, Some USB devices don't appear in Device Manager use the utility program that came bundled with the device to check for errors. No. Plug the device into another USB port. If it does not work after you have plugged it into all USB ports on the computer then you know that your device is not working.
A device which connects to the computer is called a "peripheral."
NoYou can open the computer up and remove the USB ports.
if the Dell computer has USB ports, then all you would need is the USB-iPod cable and download/install iTunes. If you system is really old and only have serial ports (9-pin male ports) and no USB ports, then you would need to get a PCI USB card installed into your system. Do not use Serial-USB adapters, as they do not always work.
They work with any computer that has a USB port, to a USB device.
A 7 port USB hub is a device that plugs into a single USB port on the computer and offers 7 additional USB ports. This would be used in the event that a user had more USB devices to plug in than are available on the computer.
This happened to my computer because it was aging.
The only parallel to USB adapter I've seen is one which allows you to hook up a parallel printer to a USB port on the computer. You could not use that manner to create USB ports.
One way to add USB ports to a computer you need a USB expansion card that you add to the motherboard. The card usually has multiple USB ports built into them.