Connecting an external machine to your Windows 10 computer may sometimes prove to be a difficult task.

All sorts of errors may pop up if yourcomputer fails to recognize the equipment.

This error code usually shows up when you plug an external machine into your computers USB port.

this device is waiting on another device to start

To solve the problem, unplug all your peripherals and cycle your gear.

Start by connecting only the problematic peripheral first.

If error 51 is gone, this confirms the error was initially triggered by a rig conflict.

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look to see if you could connect all the other peripherals without triggering error 51 again.

Plug in the first rig and test.

Then connect the second peripheral and test again, and so on.

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In this manner, you’ve got the option to quickly identify the culprit.

If there is, right-punch that unit and selectUpdate driver.

Reinstall the machine

If updating the driver did not help, try reinstalling it.

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If the problematic equipment is visible under the equipment Manager, right-choose it and selectUninstall equipment.

After that, reboot your setup.

This will automatically drop in the latest driver version for your equipment.

start your box and find out if the problematic gadget is still waiting on another gadget to start.