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And BINGO! There we have it - all working now. Thank you so much for your help. The frustrating thing is that the USB cable was cable-tied in with the other round cable - so it was not that the plug had fallen out but that it was not connected in the first place. Thank you again for your help...

I have attached some photos: one showing the ports on the top of the casing, one of the plugs underneath on the inside of the casing (they line up with the USB, not with the power switch), a picture of the right hand panel inside showing the track of the cables, a close-up of the end of the...

PS - the USB-C plug is very loose in the socket so could this be the reason? (the USB is also yellow coloured on the inside, whatever this means)

Hang on....I have just taken delivery of some new cables. I plug it in and up pops a message "Power surge on USB port. Unknown USB device needs more power than the port can supply". I am trying to connect a Samsung T7 SSD, and the casing shows 5V 1.5A. Surely this is not particularly high spec...

Sorry - I'm a techno-numpty. What drive are you talking about?

It has the trident like the top row but no number, 'p' or circle. Just a plain trident.

It has never worked. I have tried two different cables, bot of which connect fine to my laptop. I can also successfully use USB-C to USB3.0 cable to attach to the square-type USB port next to it.

It never has worked. How do I tell the difference? Thunderbolt is not mentioned in the specs. I have looked on the Device Manager and can't tell which port is supposed to be USB-C but looking on the internet, it seems you can't tell the difference (or is very difficult to do so).

Thank you for your quick reply. Yes, it is a PC specialist system. No, the drives pugged into the port do not show up in Explorer. The specifications are as follows: Case CORSAIR 4000D AIRFLOW TEMPERED GLASS GAMING CASE Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™ i7 12-Core Processor i7-12700 (2.1GHz) 25MB...

I have a desktop with a CORSAIR 4000D case. There are two USB ports on the top front - one of which is USC-C. Theis USB-C port is not working in that any drive plugged in there there .shows up on the Windows Explorer. Does any one have any suggestions on how to check for any faults or even...

My immediate need is a desktop for Photo editing (primarily Photoshop) with some small-scale video editing (the short bursts you shoot while out-and-about rather than full-on blogging). Price is in the £1200 region. I currently have a Dell U2412 screen (1920x1200) but am thinking of going to a...