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@trinitydesktop.org 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