I've had the laptop since February 2014 and it's been working great, until about 6 months ago. The USB on the left side of the laptop never detects any devices plugged into it, and the one on the right is finnicky. About 30% of the time it doesn't work, or if I push up against a plug that's connected to it, I get a "USB device not recognized" - at that point it usually takes 3 - 4 tries of unplugging and re-plugging it back in for it to work again. Sometimes a computer restart.
Just to clarify, both USB connectors can still successfully charge my phone. But only the right side works on devices 70% of the time, the left side never does.
I really hope this isn't a hardware issue, since the laptop is out of warranty. Has anyone had a similar problem? Is there anything that can be done to diagnose this on the software side, or "reset" the usage of it?
Thank you.