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#1 2022-04-08 00:47:49
- donaastor
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Front panel USB 3.2 port not working very reasonably
IMPORTANT: take everything i claim below with 90% trust because I obviouslt can't check every possible combination, so please give
ANY information/advice you know.
Ok, so the problem in short is that my usb 3 flash drive is not detected by linux (dmesg shows nothing), but firstly the actors:
I have 2 pcs: pc1 and pc2
I have 3 usb 3 flash drives: dev1, dev2, dev3
I have 1 external hard drive: ehd
pc1: MSI b550 mortar (about 2 years old bios, can't check rn sorry), windows 10 (some version, some edition)
pc2: MSI b550 tomahawk, arch linux 5.16.16.arch1-1
Both pcs' cases have 2 usb 3 and 2 usb 2 ports on the front panel, the mobo panel works flawlessly.
Motherboards detect all devices plugged anywhere.
usb 2 ports on the front panel work flawlessly with anything plugged in.
dev1 and dev2 work flawlessly too, everywhere.
THE WEIRD PART:
When I plug ehd into pc1's usb 3 port on front panel, windows is not detecting it
When I plug dev3 into pc2's usb 3 port on front panel, linux is not detecting it, dmesg shows nothing
(all other combinations except these 2 work flawlessly)
With all this information, every popular problem should be crossed out: the devices are not damaged, usb ports work and deliver enough power, motherboards are not defective
So, what could have gone wrong here??? I am very confused.
what "might" be relevant: the ehd is the only *hard* drive and dev3 is the only device with some encryption-thing support
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#2 2022-04-08 06:51:57
- seth
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Re: Front panel USB 3.2 port not working very reasonably
The front panel of PC1 doesn't provide enough current to power up the EHD (spinner?) and the one on PC2 doesn't electrilly connect to DEV3 (is that a usb key w/ a half-plug where the connections are visible and not fully encased)?
iow: Two different systems encounter two different problems, just around the same location.
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