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@lists.fedoraproject.org <mailto:
> > users@lists.fedoraproject.org>>
> > 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
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