Hi Ky!
> A while back we were talking about my system locking up when a USB
> device was inserted and a couple of things to check. Battled with
> the Round TuIts, But Firsts, etc. You had given a link which
> suggested going in to the BIOS to disable the Marvell SATA ports and
KM> I did? :)
Sure; remember when you had amnesia?!
> Currently trying an option "ASMedia USB 3.0 Battery Charging
> Support". Default is off (disabled); trying 'enabled' only because it
> seems to be the only option having anything to do with USB other than
> legacy and disabling. Plus the power aspect seemed a 'maybe': no
> surge of power when plugging in a thumbdrive but maybe this option
> would act like a slow-blow fuse and let whatever is occasionally
> locking the system settle down.
KM> Might be letting it draw more power than spec.
That was more or less my consideration for trying. Did try after
changing the setting; need to try again -- haven't needed to insert a
thumbdrive or other USB device so forget. (Could try now but if the
system locks up sort of a pain to recover this message.)
KM> Mine that has the defective southbridge circuit (that cooked
KM> several capacitors) continues to be just fine, so long as I don't
KM> plug in USB anything!!
Just like mine! Don't plug in a USB device and no lock ups! <g>
Considering/wondering if a USB add-on card would work? By-pass the
touchy Southbridge circuitry. USB add-on card plugs into PCI/PCie --
not sure what that gets controlled by. ...Oh: "PCIe function comes
from the Southbridge microcontroller". Well, that doesn't sound like a
workaround. OTOH might be worth a try: signal to a different path; a
card I have the power seems to be supplied directly by the PSU as
opposed to from the motherboard and possibly those bad capacitors.
KM> Right now it's hosting the old original
KM> PCLOS setup, which gets used as the #2 channel for summer
KM> baseball ...
Better hurry: football season is starting!
KM> ... so I can have two games going at once, since I haven't
KM> figured out how to get the Dell with the updated PCLOS to speak
KM> to a 2nd monitor. It has a vidcard and onboard video, tho not
KM> sure both can be convinced to work at the same time.
Seems to 'depends'. I've usually used a video card with capabilities of running
two monitors. ...Seem to remember most motherboards I've worked
with here allow either the onboard video -or- run the daughtercard.
» BarryMartin3@ «
» @MyMetronet.NET «
... My computer caught the Vivaldi virus. It's baroque now.
--- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47
■ wcECHO 4.2 ≈ ILink: The Safe BBS ■ Bettendorf, IA
--- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462
* Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1)
|
