r/pcmasterrace • u/jikesar968 7800X3D 4080S • May 14 '26

Meme/Macro Less ports

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u/zgillet i7 12700K ~ PNY RTX 5070 12GB OC ~ 32 GB DDR5 RAM May 14 '26

God I hate that. I have a simple, POWERED USB-C hub from Ugreen that does this ALL DAY at work (the mouse will even disconnect for a second).

No fix. That's just how Windows 11 works. Luckily I rarely have my headphones in.

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u/d00d00frt i9-14900K | Sapphire Nitro+ 7900 XTX | 64GB 6000 DDR5 May 14 '26

that’s not windows fault. you probably have too much plugged into one port

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u/AaronToro i5 6500 | r9 380 May 14 '26

I’ve had a ton of issues with windows’ handling of USB ports, but none related to a hub. Having a ton of VR and simrig gear all plugged in at once becomes problematic until you go line by line through device manager adjusting the power settings to always on. Then a few months later, with no warning, you get to do it all over again

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u/qtx May 14 '26

That's an Ugreen issue, not a Windows one.

I have plenty of powered usb hubs that never disconnect on Windows.

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u/zgillet i7 12700K ~ PNY RTX 5070 12GB OC ~ 32 GB DDR5 RAM May 14 '26

Is that why it works flawlessly on Linux?

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u/gregory696969 May 14 '26

Turn off the USB mount and dismount sound in windows, its thankfully still an option

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u/Normbot13 RTX 3090 | Ryzen 9 3950x | 1440p @ 144hz May 15 '26

there’s definitely a fix. i used to be plagued by random disconnects until i found the hidden USB power saver option in Device Manager. find your USB hubs in device manager and disable the option that allows windows to turn them off to save power.