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    USB MEMORY BAR USB Device

    Hello! Forgive my English as I will make this short. I have a 32GB HP flash drive (new). I've successfully transferred my phone pictures to this drive and deleted the pictures in my phone. Since I've collected to many flash drive with my pictures in it, I've decided to put them in an external...
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    USB drives and music

    I download MP3 music to my laptop and copy it to a USB thumbnail device. Most of them seem to perform differently depending on their size and where I purchased them (the cost). Is there a limit to how much music data you can put on a USB stick before the playing device, like a home stereo, has...
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    Could my USB ports be ''burned''?

    Hi, I’ve connected my Mobius usb cable to my laptop, in the same time my mouse was connected to the other USB port. As soon as I connected the Mobius, my laptop switched off. I disconnected the Mobius, and restarted my laptop. Now all of the USB ports work without that one some my mouse was...
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    Solved! How to connect newer USB-C laptop to older E-port dock (with no USB-C)

    Hi, I have an e-port docking station with two monitors connected. I've since been issued a new laptop without any docking pins underneath it - but it has USB-C. The e-port has Displayport and HDMI but no USB-C connection. With both monitors connected to the e-port, as before, would it work if...
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    Solved! USB port smoke

    Hello. So i'm using a Lenovo Legion Y520 for gaming and i have an attached cooler below it to increase the cooling since i use it for intensive gaming. Yesterday i had an error (Power surge on the USB port) causing my USB ports not working and i had to uninstall/install the drivers, but for some...
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    What is causing white background noise on my microphone?

    Hi everyone! I recently bought the Neewer NW-700, along with the NW-100 48V Phantom power supply. I am getting white background noise and I'm wondering what's causing it. I have connected the Microphone to the Power Supply with an XLR-XLR cable I have connected the Power supply to a FIIO USB...
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    Solved! is it possible to stream videos from sony xperia c4 phone to westinghouse tv via the usb service port

    Stream from phone to TV via usb
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    ModMic 4 too quiet even with a usb soundcard

    Hi! I recently purchased a modmic 4 and antlions own usb sound card (new model), but the mic is way too quiet even with the sound card. I have to boost the mic by 15db (with equalizer APO) to be able to hear basically anything and then the sound quality has been ruined by a bunch of white...
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    my headset won't work

    I have a headset with 2 plugs, 1 headset which is a jack and 1 microphone which is a usb, my computer (desktop) will recognize my headset jack, but it will give me the option for headset or mic and not both, if I plug in my USB, the computer will not even recognize it.
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    Solved! Adding USB Port to Monitor with Only HDMI & VGA Ports

    I have a HP monitor I use to display from my laptop. The monitor does not have a USB port, only HDMI and VGA ports. I would like to add a USB port to the monitor - is there a way to do this? Link to monitor here: https://bit.ly/2TlRjR9 Note: fully aware I can just use the USB ports on the...
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    Solved! USB transfers files to a "DEVICE" inside it and creates a shortcut to a drive

    Hello all, I plugged my USB drive today and all the files on it were missing, after enabling the hidden files view option I found out that they were moved to a invisible folder called "DEVICE" and also a shortcut to a "removable drive" was created. I suppose the drive got infected somehow...
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    Dual PC audio setup

    I am using a Blue yeti USB. A Artic 5 Steel Series USB headset. Xenyx Q502 USB mixer For some reason i cannot get the gaming pc to send the audio to the streaming pc, i feel like ive watched 100 different videos, ive done exactly what im told and still the audio either does not come, or it...
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    Solved! What Microphone Should I Get?

    Hi everyone! I am currently looking for a very cheap microphone to start off my recording but I am confused as to which one to buy. I would be using this with a Desktop PC. I currently own a Fiio USB decoder D5, it serves as an external sound card and is a 3.5mm audio to USB adapter. From...
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    Solved! Using USB memory stick to record tv

    Hi everyone! I have a LG 55uj634v TV and I am trying to use an ordinary USB memory stick to record video. What happens is that most recordings end abruptly after a few minutes (5 to 10 mins) even if the tv is on. LG tech support say that PVR recording works reliably only if the destination...
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    Solved! convert HDMI to USB at 4k resolution and surround sound capability

    How can I convert an HDMI output from streaming devices like Roku or Amazon Fire into a USB input? I want to connect streaming device like Roku to USB input of 4k Blu Ray player.
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    Solved! Dban screen of dots

    Booted Dban from USB-HDD. Got the usual opening page and clicked enter. Immediately the screen filled with white dots on blue screen. The bottom left of the page has the cursor and the last line seems to be moving quickly. Is this a "normal" situation and I just wait? Has anyone had the...
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    Solved! Connected TV to PC with HDMI to USB cable nothing

    I'm trying to watch my movies from PC to TV. I bought a cable that has HDMI one side and USB the other side as my PC has no female HDMI input?
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    Solved! what if my mic isn't in the list of devices? the usb won't recognize it when plugged in

    this is in a new alienware gaming desktop. it worked until a couple of days ago
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    Solved! Samsung Gear IconX usb cable

    So lost the original cable that came with the headphones, boo hoo me. So I try using a generic usb-C, doesn't fit. I try my anker usb-C cable and it also doesn't fit. Do these things have their own weird variant of usb-C cables, or am I just and idiot?
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    Solved! can't figure out what type of usb-c this is

    was looking at the side of my laptop the over day and couldn't figure out what kind of usb plug this is. googled it and came up empty on search. https://imgur.com/a/ivxKx9W