USB Issues? HELP

May 9, 2018
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I've been having issues with my keyboard, mouse and headset.
All 3 will randomly disconnect/freeze/become unresponsive.

Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow Tournament Chroma (USB 1/2)
Mouse: Razer Lancehead (Plugged into USB 3.0)
Headset: Razer Kraken 7.1 V2 (Plugged into USB 3.0)

It started happening when I realized that Razer Synapse 2.0 would not open at all, so I uninstalled it and installed Razer Synapse 3.0 instead. After 10 minutes, my headset, mouse and keyboard would freeze. It would happen roughly 10 minutes after switching my PC on everytime, so I uninstalled Razer Synapse 3.0 and I didn't re-install.

It was OK for a few days then they all froze again. So I installed Razer Synapse 2.0, fully updated. However it continues to randomly freeze, more frequently when I have Overwatch/CSGO open and it uses a game theme, or one of my created themes, so I keep it on spectrum. It happens once every few days. I don't know what triggers it, sometimes it happens when I have nothing open.
I use SlimDrivers to update all my software, everything is up to date apart from my BIOS which I am in the process of sorting out.

When it freezes, the colours stop changing, I can't type or move, I can't hear anything and nothing pops up to say that a USB has been disconnected as it would when you unplug them. This just baffles me I have been looking everywhere but no one seems to have the same issue.

A restart fixes it, but sometimes it take longer and once it freezed when booting on A2 motherboard code which it has never done before.

Maybe this is a Razer issue, maybe not. I do not have any other keyboard/mouse/headset to test it on, but I could borrow one from a friend. Please, some advice on a fix?

PC SPEC:
Processor: Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-6800K
Motherboard: ASUS® ROG STRIX X99
RAM: 16GB HyperX PREDATOR DDR4
Graphics Card: 8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1070
Hard Disk: 480GB HyperX SAVAGE 2.5" SSD, SATA 6
2nd Hard Disk: 2TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
Processor Cooling: Corsair H60 Hydro Cooler w/ PCS Liquid Series Ultra Quiet Fans
Monitor: ASUS 27" ROG Swift PG278Q
 
Solution
Open Event Viewer and look for error codes or warnings that occurred just before or at the time of the freezes/disconnects.

The following link from within this Forum will help you with Event Viewer:

http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-3128616/windows-event-viewer.html

Event Viewer can be overwhelming. Just take your time and explore. See what you can find.

No need to immediately react to any given error codes or warnings. Some are just routine and to be expected.

Look for a pattern and then research those error codes. Avoid any websites that want you to download "fixes". Some of those websites will appear no matter what problem you find.

Post accordingly.

Ralston18

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Open Event Viewer and look for error codes or warnings that occurred just before or at the time of the freezes/disconnects.

The following link from within this Forum will help you with Event Viewer:

http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-3128616/windows-event-viewer.html

Event Viewer can be overwhelming. Just take your time and explore. See what you can find.

No need to immediately react to any given error codes or warnings. Some are just routine and to be expected.

Look for a pattern and then research those error codes. Avoid any websites that want you to download "fixes". Some of those websites will appear no matter what problem you find.

Post accordingly.

 
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