How to Solve Issues with Detection of USB 3.0 Ports in Windows 8, 8.1

Who wouldn’t like to take advantage of the latest USB 3.0 available on the market now? With the new transfer speed the USB 3.0 works wonders but in Windows 8 it seems that after installing the new operating system the PC or laptop fails to detect the USB 3.0 ports.

Luckily for us there is a very easy fix to the USB 3.0 issue on Windows 8 which we will see in a few rows below but first we need to make sure that our hardware is working properly. If you have for example an issue with your motherboard or the USB 3.0 ports are damage in this case you will have to go to the store you bought the PC or Laptop and fix it there.

Steps on how to solve USB port detecting issues on Windows 8

The USB 3.0 detecting issues usually comes along side with the upgrade to Windows 8 Pro or Windows 8 Enterprise.
In order to fix this issue we get on our Windows 8 operating systems we will need to go in “Device Manager”.

1. Click(left click) on the “Start” button on the lower right corner of the screen.
2. Type in the search box you have in the “Start” menu the words “Device Manager”.
3. Click(left click) on the “Device Manager” icon that pops up after the search.
4. In the “Device Manager” window search for any third party USB 3.0 drivers and remove them from your Windows 8 system.
   Note: Also look for any third-party program that might be installed for your USB 3.0 ports and uninstall that one as well.
5. Reboot the Windows 8 PC or Laptop.
6. After you rebooted the Windows 8 PC you will have to wait for approximately 5-10 minutes for the system to install the necessary drivers for the USB 3.0 ports.

You can see that in just a few minutes after you followed the tutorial above you fixed your detecting issues for the USB 3.0 ports in Windows 8.

Leave us a message below if this tutorial helped you with your USB 3.0 problems.