r/BadUSB

Just bought a used PC, with an antec cx500m case. The front usb ports don’t work, they connect to the motherboard (asus a620m plus) via a 19 pin female connection on the motherboard (one cable powers both type A-ports). Ive tried deleting the USB controller in device manager, and then restarting, with no luck 🥺. Ive made as certain as I can that the connection between cable and motherboard is secure and the right way round. I removed the cable from the pc, for further inspection. Ive resolved to buy a replacement cable in the hopes the issue is the cable and not the motherboard; but I cant find a replacement. The cable has a peculiar 3 screw design, that connects to the front USB slot and ‘power button ’ panel. Any advice? This is my first gaming PC so I’m kind of lost 😞.

my device is asus tuf F15 FX506LI it has 3.2 gen1 type A and the same for type C, i tested the exact same drive on another older device it made 450 MB/s and on mine it made only 10 MB, extreamly slow, and while sending to a 3.1 fresh new drive it makes 140 MB/s, but copying from the drive to my device even slower, also 10MB/s what should I do ?

please help do not make jokes, bunch of thanks❤

I've been using the same data cable for almost 4 years now. Got it as a freebie when I bought a new phone after my phone + charger got stolen on the subway.

A little surprised as it goes well. How long has the longest-lasting USB-C charging/data cable you've ever used?

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Some only charge. Some only work properly with external monitors.

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Some work perfectly on my Mac, then suddenly act weird on Windows.

Some transfer files painfully slowly. And some look completely identical while doing completely different things. I’m constantly connecting monitors, docks, external SSDs, capture cards, laptop charging, portable drives. So I end up needing a bunch of USB-C cables that all look the same… but have totally different capabilities.

Some of my coworkers have even started carrying USB-C testers because nobody can tell what a cable actually supports anymore.

USB-C definitely standardized the connector. But did it really simplify digital life? All mess behind one universal-shaped port.

I found a USB 2.0 port on a new office PC. Has anyone else noticed USB 2.0 making a comeback? Especially, I saw this year's iPhone air and 17 support USB 2.0 too.

Is it to cut cable costs? Someone mentioned that USB 2.0 needs fewer traces on the motherboard. It uses smaller ports, and its hips are smaller too. Costs drop a lot.

Edit: USB 2 is still used. I'm just trying to say that it's still popular, or even more so than before.

I'm looking for a decent USB-C thumb drive - not an SSD enclosure or portable SSD.

What I want:

• Small size
• 128GB preferred
• Decent write speeds (more than 150 MB/s)
• Reliable/durable

Most of the small SanDisk or Samsung drives I've found seem either fragile or extremely slow (only tens of kilobytes per second).

On the other hand, the faster USB options are usually much bigger than I want, or have dual connectors like the Lexar JumpDrive D300, which I really don't need.

Does anyone have recommendations for a compact USB-C drive that's actually fast and reliable? Thanks in advance!

USB-C seems standardized, but... Some are only for charging, some support video output, some support Thunderbolt, and some support USB4, it’s a challenge to tell them apart.

Hello everyone, I am having a strange error with my USB drive. I used it on a few other systems (Windows and a smart TV), and now that I bring it back into my PC, the storage size appears to be completely off, and I can't use the entire space.

I examined Disk Management and noticed some unallocated space, but I'm not sure what caused it. Previously, the drive was operational without issue.

Is this a file-system or partition problem? What is the most effective way to remedy this without further harming the drive?

I’m trying to recover a dead USB flash drive with a ChipsBank CBM2099E controller.

• Started getting I/O device errors during a 37GB transfer
• Now shows “No Media” and 0 B in Disk Management
• ChipGenius still detects:
  • Controller: ChipsBank CBM2099E

I found several CBM2099E UMP/APTool downloads on:

• USBDev
• FlashBoot
• usb-fix.blogspot
• flashdrive-repair.com

But Windows Defender/Chrome flags many of them as dangerous.

Can anyone confirm:

1. Which source is considered safest/trustworthy for CBM2099E UMPTool?
2. Which exact tool version worked for you?
3. Did it actually recover the drive or only partially?