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(a)lists.fedoraproject.org <mailto:
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> 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