On Sat, 2020-05-02 at 12:35 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > On 2020-05-02 05:16, George N. White III wrote: > > On Sat, 2 May 2020 at 00:13, ToddAndMargo via users > > <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto: > > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > > wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > I just installed > > Fedora-Xfce-Live-x86_64-32-1.6.iso > > > > on a customer's old laptop. The laptop previously had > > Windows XP installed on it. So many things had gone > > wrong that it was time to try something else. > > > > Okay, the laptop now runs beautifully, with one exception. > > If I copy files from a USB3 flash drive (all the ports > > are USB2) the entire machine freezes: screen, mouse, > > keyboard are completely frozen. > > _storage > > Now I tortured the machine for hours with streaming > > this and that, kpat, etc.. As long as I do not > > insert a USB3 flash drive, the machine works perfectly. > > > > May I presume that her USB2 ports are power > > compromised? Your thoughts. > > > > > > Flash drives shouldn't use much power, but there could > > be issues with power management on USB ports > > and devices. > > That is what I am thinking. Copying would increase the power. It should be fairly easy to test: connect the USB stick through a powered hub to the computer.... /Louis _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
