A situation that you have surely faced on occasion. You connect a device via USB to your Windows computer, but you get a warning on the screen that says that the computer does not recognize or detect said device. It is a situation that has happened to most of us on occasion. Besides being annoying, many people don't really know what to do in such a case.
Therefore, it's good to know what this glitch in Windows means. In addition to being able to consult some solutions to it. So if this ever happens to us, we can take action on the matter and solve the failure.
What does this fault mean
The usual in this case, at least as they say from Microsoft, is that there is a failure in the chipset driver. It is the person in charge of making the connection between the computer and the USB that you connect to it. But if there is a fault in the controller, then it stops working and it is not possible to have such a connection.
It is possible that it is a fault as such in the controller or driver. Although it may happen that Windows does not have released the update for the same, so there is a problem with its operation or compatibility. The origin of the failure in this sense can be quite broad. Just as the solutions to this situation are.
Although it should not be ruled out that the failure is in the USB itself. Therefore, if we connect other USB devices to our Windows computer using that port, and it works well, we know that the fault is not the port or the driver. But the most common is that the controller is the cause of it.
Updates
The first thing in this case is to check for updates for the drivers. In Windows 10 we can use Windows Update at all times in this sense, so let's see if there is any new version, which by chance we have not received. In addition, they can also be used applications in this sense, which allow access to these updates for the drivers.
As the most common failure is usually this, once said driver has been updated in Windows, you should be able to connect the USB device to the computer normally. Therefore, try to do it when you have already updated the equipment or driver in question. The normal thing is that it works well again.
We can also update the drivers from the device manager, by entering the name in the search bar in the start menu. A window will then open on the screen, where the computer drivers appear. So, we have to search that list for the USB that is causing problems at this time. When we have located it, we right click with the mouse on it and a contextual menu will appear. From the options that appear on the screen, we have to click on update driver.
What this does is force Windows to check for updates for said malfunctioning driver. So we will have access to an update again. There are likely to be cases where you have to resort to this option if Windows Update has not worked well, which could happen in some cases. So if this update is not obtained, then we have to resort to this method. It is not complicated at all, so everyone can use it if necessary.
Of course, you can always try to restart the computer, in case you see that connecting a USB to Windows gives errors. There are times when there may be a process that does not work well and then through this system all processes are terminated and everything starts again, working normally. Although the most important thing in these cases is usually to have the drivers updated. Avoid many problems and malfunctions.