Hey guys, I'll start from the beginning; I was asked to fix a friend's eMachines laptop because the Three pay as you go internet dongle wasn't working, after taking a look I noticed it was in a bit of a mess (he had no antivirus and I could tell it was full of adware and other viruses because files were being duplicated at least 6 times, plus there were popups everywhere), and after a few scans he told be to just wipe it, So basically I installed fresh Windows vista, installed all updates etc and got everything going..
When I went to install the dongle again, it still wouldn't work. I tried the dongle in my laptop and it works fine, so I tried my 32gb Flash drive in the eMachines laptop but the "new hardware" sound kept sounding, as if it was being plugged in and unplugged repeatedly.. So i tried a USB Cabled mouse, it detected that perfectly and installed the drivers however the mouse wouldnt move, I tried a wireless mouse (power by batteries) and it worked perfect. I also tested the power coming from the USB ports with a multimeter and it showed 4.61v instead of the full 5v.
Bottom line is both USB ports seem underpowered but my question is: Is there any solution to this? My friend uses a usb Pay as you go dongle for internet but without USB ports he cannot use this. I was thinking of an externally powered USB Hub like the one pictures here :http
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Thanks,
Sam
When I went to install the dongle again, it still wouldn't work. I tried the dongle in my laptop and it works fine, so I tried my 32gb Flash drive in the eMachines laptop but the "new hardware" sound kept sounding, as if it was being plugged in and unplugged repeatedly.. So i tried a USB Cabled mouse, it detected that perfectly and installed the drivers however the mouse wouldnt move, I tried a wireless mouse (power by batteries) and it worked perfect. I also tested the power coming from the USB ports with a multimeter and it showed 4.61v instead of the full 5v.
Bottom line is both USB ports seem underpowered but my question is: Is there any solution to this? My friend uses a usb Pay as you go dongle for internet but without USB ports he cannot use this. I was thinking of an externally powered USB Hub like the one pictures here :http

Thanks,
Sam