Since upgrading to Windows 8.1, something weird has been happening. Each time I plug in a USB2 device into the USB3 port on my Asus T100 tablet/laptop (Atom processor, 2Gb RAM and 32Gb SSD), it fails to recognise the device and then throws an Error 43 and complains that the device did not provide a suitable descriptor.
Initially I thought it was a Hardware issue. USB3 devices in the same USB port worked correctly, so I figured it might be bent contacts. However, adding a USB3 hub with USB3 devices chained from it worked, but USB2 still did not work. I therefore suspect a configuration or driver issue, but I cannot figure out how to fix it. The following link seems to cover it
How to Fix Windows 8.1 USB Code 43 Error
but I cannot figure out exactly what the fix is.
I have tried ever "re-install" style reset of Windows. It doesn't have any restore points to reset to.... so any suggestions gratefully received.
Thanks in advance.
Initially I thought it was a Hardware issue. USB3 devices in the same USB port worked correctly, so I figured it might be bent contacts. However, adding a USB3 hub with USB3 devices chained from it worked, but USB2 still did not work. I therefore suspect a configuration or driver issue, but I cannot figure out how to fix it. The following link seems to cover it
How to Fix Windows 8.1 USB Code 43 Error
but I cannot figure out exactly what the fix is.
I have tried ever "re-install" style reset of Windows. It doesn't have any restore points to reset to.... so any suggestions gratefully received.
Thanks in advance.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Asus T100
- CPU
- Atom 1.2GHz
- Memory
- 2Gb
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 10"
- Hard Drives
- 32Gb SSD
- Other Info
- Various laptops. Listed is the one that currently has issues...