I don’t know if this is another Vista problem or if it is a problem with the iPod Touch.
Last week my mouse stopped working. I noticed it right after I plugged in the iPod, but didn’t know if it was related. I wasn’t using the computer before plugging in the iPod, so I didn’t know if the mouse was already out of commission. I grabbed another mouse, but it wouldn’t do anything either. A little checking revealed that nothing connected to a USB port was working.
I did a reboot and that did not help. I thought I may have blown out my USB ports which are integrated on my motherboard. I always keep a spare USB and 1394 card in my “just in case” box. I popped in the USB card and switched everything (mouse, head phones, hard drive) over to the new card. Everything worked fine.
Out of habit, I plugged the iPod into a front USB port… and it worked. I know those two front jacks are connected to the same place on the motherboard as the USB ports on the back of the computer. I had tested the front and back jacks before adding the extra USB card. None of them had worked.
I plugged everything back into the original USB ports leaving the add-on card empty. Now all the built-in ports worked.
About a week later, it happened again, and I did note that it was triggered by plugging in the iPod. A reboot didn’t fix it. I did a full shutdown and then pulled the power plug (sometimes that will reset the power). That did it. Everything came back to life.
Tonight it happened again. I plugged in the iPod and all the USB ports went dead… no power, no nothing. I did a shutdown and pulled the power plug. Everything came back to life on the first reboot.
Has anyone else seen this happen?
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