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Dainius

Let's say I have a Dell XPS 15 L521x laptop. When I install USB 3 drivers, from Dell's site, the whole USB hub gets crazy. I can plug in my external HDD only when laptop wants to - it's random whether it will connect or not. Without these drivers everything is normal. How to fix it?

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Rairon

don't install the drivers when you don't need them.
The Windows 7 driver should work fine.

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Suits

"Without these drivers everything is normal."
Then what is the problem

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Dainius

Why the hell drivers fuck shit up. It's not the reason they exist for.

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Suits

Contact Dell support if you feel that the driver isn't working properly.

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resilientboy

"the usb hub gets crazy"
what do you mean by that?
if you mean when u plug in a usb 3 drive to a slot and a usb 2 to another slot. The usb hub would select to work with usb 3 first(always the fastest first ).
So if u are using a usb 3 hdd and a usb 2 mouse. The mouse will not do much work.
But if u plug in a usb 3 HDD to a usb 2 slot that wouldn't do any harm or mess up your mouse or other stuff.

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Dainius

The problem is - it finds my HDD randomly. It doesn't matter whether other gadgets are connected or not.

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Closed 11 years ago by Dainius.