Strange keyboard disconnecting

Occasionally, Windows decides to disconnect my keyboard (although the keyboard still lights up), playing a "hardware disconnected" sound, and leaving me unable to type, and a few seconds later re-connects it without any "hardware connected" sound. Why is this happening, and how can I stop Windows from doing this?


This started when I re-arranged some of my USB devices, causing them to be in different USB ports. Is this the reason?


Also, sometimes, after resuming from hibernation, Windows will fully disconnect my keyboard (keyboard lights off and everything), for a good minute or two, before it will connect my keyboard again. What's going on?


My keyboard is a Redragon-brand gaming keyboard.

I would say it's caused by a bad contact or by a broken wire inside the cable.
Is the cable under tension? Do you move it often?
Are you using back or front USB port?

Megahertz07 said:

I would say it's caused by a bad contact or by a broken wire inside the cable.
Is the cable under tension? Do you move it often?
Are you using back or front USB port?

I am using the ports on the back of the computer (previously, I used the front). As far as I'm aware there is no damage or tension on the cable.

Spray a contact cleaner on the male and female connector. It can be dust preventing a good contact.

Megahertz07 said:

Spray a contact cleaner on the male and female connector. It can be dust preventing a good contact.

Will try that tomorrow.

I am now experiencing this issue with my headset.

Lets do the basic:
- Open device manager. Is there any yellow alerts of missing drivers?
- Open a CMD window as admin and type: sfc /scannow
- Schedule a disk check. Open a CMD window as admin and type: chkdsk c: /f
It will say that the disk is in use and ask if you want to schedule to next start = yes Reboot and pay attention on the results.

Megahertz07 said:

Lets do the basic:
- Open device manager. Is there any yellow alerts of missing drivers?
- Open a CMD window as admin and type: sfc /scannow
- Schedule a disk check. Open a CMD window as admin and type: chkdsk c: /f
It will say that the disk is in use and ask if you want to schedule to next start = yes Reboot and pay attention on the results.

Will running an SFC scan remove my custom boot screen?

System File check (SFC) will only check system files. No user files will be checked or changed.

Megahertz07 said:

System File check (SFC) will only check system files. No user files will be checked or changed.

The thing is, the way the Windows 7 Boot Updater works is by modifying the system files (specifically, winload, winresume, and bootmgr). So I have a feeling doing an SFC scan may replace my custom boot screen with the default one.