On Saturday 07 May 2022 11:59:20 E. Liddell wrote: > On Fri, 6 May 2022 17:53:57 -0700 > > William Morder via tde-users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > So, the culprit: I used an old USB extension cord to attach the 4-port > > USB hub to the laptop. The USB extension cord is rather old, and I didn't > > really give it a thought; but it's probably 1.0, whereas the laptop has > > 3.0 ports, the hub is 3.0, and the hard drives themselves are probably > > 3.0, too, I believe. > > > > I hope that I can find some newer USB extension cords. I wonder, do they > > even make them any more? > > Sure—they're all over Amazon. Although if you're going to be abusing the > ports that way, you might want to consider a powered hub, if you can stand > having to deal with Yet Another Power Cord. > > E. Liddell Simplest thing for me is just to get a new cooling pad, then I will have a new power cord for that item. I have found that cooling pads definitely extend the life of a laptop. Then I can use my powered USB hub as intended, with power cord. But anyway, I don't normally have them all attached, mounted and running at the same time. It is just that I have generally had them mounted as I was tranferring my files from older hard drives taken from my desktop computer. Now that pretty much everything is transferred and consolidated, I don't need to keep them running. Bill ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
