Complete, fresh reinstall of Windows 10.I turned off 'Turbo mode' in the BIOS and maybe this helped a tiny bit, but I don't know for sure.Installing the latest drivers for my motherboard.Does this sound like a motherboard problem? Is there a way to narrow down this problem and find out which drivers were updated since a certain time? If this is the problem, can I prevent Windows from touching the graphics drivers in the future?Īnother clue: Sometimes when a USB port freezes, my Bluetooth headphones (my desktop has Bluetooth) stop working at exactly the same time, and I have to restart the computer (or log out and log in) to get Bluetooth back. Since the problem was fixed immediately after following the suggestion, and since it has now returned even though I blocked these two updates, I'm guessing there's somehow some other drivers that were still automatically updated.

This instantly solved the USB problem.īut now this problem is returning, even though I blocked these two updates with Microsoft's 'Show or hide updates' utility: It was suggested that I completely uninstall all Nvidia drivers and software using the Display Driver Uninstaller, then reinstall the appropriate drivers, only the bare essentials. I could not unfreeze a USB port, but mouse and keyboard would work if I changed ports. In a previous thread, I described a problem I had where my USB mouse and keyboard would freeze frequently.

Reinstalling gpu drivers