Re: similar boxes; one usb wifi the other no way!

Randolf Richardson 張文道 <[email protected]> Thu, 10 Jul 2025 18:24:16 -0700
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.linux
Organization Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc. -- Simplifying complexity
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sun, 16 Mar 2025 23:22:46 -0400
bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> wrote:

> I'm working with two similar boxes these days, an ASUS motherboard and 
> an MSI one, both over 10 years old and both running AMD phenom CPU's. 
> Both have the same 10 Linux distros installed, and both have USB ports 
> that work providing 'otherwise' conventional USB services.
> 
> Any one of about half a dozen USB wifi transceivers that I have will 
> work on the Asus box connecting it to my phone's hot-spot, but NONE of 
> them work on the MSI box with any of the same OSes.
> 
> I figure it's gotta be a hardware issue, but WHAT?

Is there a BIOS setting on the MSI system that limits security of the
USB ports, or forces them to operate in a specific way (e.g., as disks)?

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Randolf Richardson 張文道, CNA - [email protected]
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
Beautiful British Columbia, Canada
https://www.inter-corporate.com/