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    Acer Aspire 5630 USB Power Stays On

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by tamanaco, Nov 15, 2009.

  1. tamanaco

    tamanaco Notebook Guru

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    I have an Acer Aspire 5630 and the USB ports do not go off when Windows is shutdown, goes into sleep or hibernates. They only go off when I disconnect the AC power. I just bought an external USB drive as my internal is almost full, but I don't want to have the external drive on 24/7. Disconnecting the drive is a bit inconvenient as I use the laptop with an external display and keyboard and keep the laptop itself hidden behind my desk. I updated the BIOS to Ver. 3.60, but I don't see settings in the BIOS for USB ports. Can these ports be turn off programatically. Do I need a special Acer App/drivers to turn off the USB ports? I removed all the Acer Management bloatware that came with the laptop. Are there any jumpers inside the laptop that need to be changed?

    Thanks in advance...
     
    tamanaco, Nov 15, 2009
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