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