Re: Strange behaviour on PCEngines APU2

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Staffan Thomén <duck%shangtai.net@localhost> writes:

> Christos Zoulas wrote:
>>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Use a powered usb hub.
>
> That would be very inconvenient as the server is rackmounted and
> there's only IE320 C14 outlets in the rack. Could you please elaborate
> on this? Is the device drawing too much power? According to usbdevs it
> seems to want 90mA.

I think Christos's theory is that very often, there are problems in USB
due to power, and that absent being 100% sure that this isn't the case,
testing with a powered hub is useful.

I suppose  you could also use a non-powered USB2 hub.