it could be the usb ports are not seating quite as well as they did originally. After numerous usage, some of the ports I have are getting loose and somewhat flakey with minimal movement. On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 11:13 AM Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, 2021-09-27 at 09:55 -0500, Roger Heflin wrote: > > If it is a laptop, I have had several laptops (one running linux and > > one running windows) where some of the USB hardware died after 3-5 > > years. I suspect that the cooling design for the usb devices was not > > great and they cooked. I did start using an extra laptop cooling fan > > and that seemed to help the disconnects a small amount. > > > > It also could be devices on the usb that are having issues and/or > > causing it. Typically on most desktops and laptop there are at > > most > > 2 actual usb controllers that all of the ports are connected to, so > > if > > one usb controller has issues it can cause random issues on more than > > one external port. > > > > It's a desktop, but fairly old (2014). I haven't seen any other USB > errors that I'm aware of. > > Might be time to look at a new mobo in any case. > > poc > _______________________________________________ > 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 > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure _______________________________________________ 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 Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
