Good morning Thomas,
Would this same behavior you explained with a
smart phone happen with laptop computers as well?
Thank you very much for your
input.
Stay safe & take care. Mike.
Just once, I want a username and
password prompt to say: "Close Enough!"
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2021 11:19 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] USB Type C Port Help Please
Unfortunately, it's not the standard which will auto
detect what is connected to the port.
For example in LG Gram, you need to go into LG control center
and toggle charging. when its off, it will do what it will do in reverse.
for asus and surface pro, that does it automatically
I will
connect that drive onto a USB C smartphone and see if the problem still
persists.
and
ask the manufacturer if there's a toggle.
Regards,
Thomas N.
Chan
Perhaps someone else knows. If you should hear a connection sound
regardless of the configuration of the drive, that might answer the question
of whether the cable or the USB port is faulty, though not which one is.
Gene
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2021 8:47 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] USB Type C Port Help
Please
This I wouldn't know since this is my first
time using any type of a type C connection device, but I do hear the
connection and disconnection sounds when using the USB type A to type C
adaptors.
I would think that you would hear something,
but when using just the type c cable nothing shows in Disk Management
either. Then again, when using the adaptor the drive shows as normal in
ThisPC and Disk Management.
Stay safe & take care. Mike.
Just once, I want a username
and password prompt to say: "Close Enough!"
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2021 6:29 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] USB Type C Port Help Please
If the drive isn’t configured correctly should you still hear a
connection sound even if nothing else happens?
Gene
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2021 8:23 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] USB Type C Port Help
Please
Hi Pablo,
I don't have any other USB type C devices to
connect, but I believe you hit on the problem. I think the external SSD
drive may not be configured to connect directly via a USB type C cable.
The drive came with a, USB type A male to USB type C male short little cable
that's a piece of crap. The connectivity sucked, so I bought the
type C to type C male cables as a work around, but I also bought some USB type
A male to USB type C female adaptors that work really well for connecting the
SSD drive to either of my wife's laptops.
These cables are highly rated and neither of
them work on either of her laptops when using the cables by themselves, but
when using the type C cables with the adaptors they work really well.
So, your thought of the problem being a SSD configuration setting is a good
idea. I'll contact the person I bought the drives from and talk to him
about it and see what his thoughts are. Thank you very much for your
input.
Stay safe & take care. Mike.
Just once, I want a username
and password prompt to say: "Close Enough!"
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2021 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] USB Type C Port Help Please
Mike,
Other possibilities should be cleared up, such as for
example. That the USB C Cable is not working well, or that the External Hard
drive needs to change configurations to be able to connect through a USB C
Port, or that the port of your computer is not configured
correctly.
Connect other 2 different devices through the same USB C
cable you are using.
If this test works, the cable is not the problem. However,
you should try to connect other devices to your computer using the same USB
port you where using before. If the problems repeats. You already know that
there is a problem with your USB C in your computer. If the problem no
appears. It means that the external hard drive needs some configurations to
connect through the USB C port.
Take care,
We have
an LENOVO 81YK IdeaPad running Windows 10 Pro latest, but when I plug an
external drive into the USB type C port nothing happens. I do mean
nothing! I'm using a type C cable that supports both charging and data
transfer, but nothing happens. Below is what I've found that these USB
type C ports are supposed to do.
Description
[1]
USB-C
connectors (Thunderbolt 3 compatible) / power connectors
The USB-C
connectors on your computer support the latest USB 3.1 standard and are fully
compatible with Thunderbolt 3 technology. With a proper USB-C cable connected,
you can:
list of 5 items
• Transfer data between your computer and
peripheral devices.
• Transfer data between your computer and another
computer (Thunderbolt Networking).
• Charge your computer.
• Charge your
peripheral devices.
• Connect your computer to external displays for video
output.
Well
none of the above happens when I plug my SSD external drive into the type C
port. I can access the SSD external drive if i use a USB type A male to
USB type C female adaptor, but that's the only
way.
Has
anyone ran into an issue like this and have a fix for the no connectivity, or
am I totally misunderstanding the way this USB type C port is supposed
to work?
All help
and input is greatly appreciated. Thanks
much.
Stay
safe & take care. Mike.
Just once, I want a username and password
prompt to say: "Close Enough!"
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