Any suggestions on how i can keep my usb connection up and running.
Seems the usb driver is very unstable on laptops (i have a dell inspiron 9300). I very often lose the connection. If i try to reconnect ill get sda is beign held low (and yes, i did connect the remote the right way) or unable to open device. Most times i will have to reboot to get connected again. It will often have lost the drivers and not regonize the device after the reboot and i then have to remove all usb hosts/controllers from the hardware, make another reboot and then plug the usb in again and install drivers again.
Check the power save settings on the USB ports in the Device Manager. Many times they're set to go to sleep after a period of inactivity, especially on laptops.
Yes, you were right, it was set up to turn off usb to save power. I tried to change this setting (had to do it on all usb hubs though cause i cant figure out which one it uses). I hope this makes a difference. Crossing my fingers.