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| From | nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: probing USB |
| Date | 2014-08-21 14:12 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <210820141412555200%nospam@nospam.invalid> (permalink) |
| References | <lt5cb1$nck$1@dont-email.me> |
In article <lt5cb1$nck$1@dont-email.me>, Király <me@home.spamsucks.ca> wrote: > Every so often my iMac running 10.9.4 slows to a crawl. When this > happens it also has USB problems; i.e. thumb drives will spontaneously > unmount and my scanner will disconnect mid-scan. > > Resetting the SMC fixes it all up, but then it starts happening again > after a few days or a week. > > I have 5 USB devices permanently connected through two hubs, and 3-4 > more that get plugged in occasionally. Disconnecting all USB devices and > reconnecting them one by one will help me determine which device may be > causing the problem, but that is tedious and could take weeks. > > Is there a way of probing the USB to determine which USB device may be > causing the problem? I downloaded USB Prober from Apple but I don't > know how to use it or even if it can help me with this. it's probably the hub and not being able to supply sufficient power to an attached device.
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probing USB me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-08-21 18:04 +0000
Re: probing USB Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-08-21 11:09 -0700
Re: probing USB me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-08-21 18:16 +0000
Re: probing USB Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-08-21 11:17 -0700
Re: probing USB me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-08-21 18:31 +0000
Re: probing USB John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2014-08-21 20:58 -0400
Re: probing USB J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-08-22 13:09 -0400
Re: probing USB me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-08-22 18:27 +0000
Re: probing USB nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-08-22 14:44 -0400
Re: probing USB John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2014-08-23 11:52 -0400
Re: probing USB me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-08-23 23:17 +0000
Re: probing USB billy@MIX.COM - 2014-08-22 21:03 +0000
Re: probing USB nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-08-21 14:12 -0400
Re: probing USB Darrin "Doc" O'Leary <droleary@1usenet2014.subsume.com> - 2014-08-21 20:15 +0000
Re: Probing USB me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-02-08 16:20 +0000
Re: probing USB Frank <gno52@windstream.net> - 2015-02-10 02:15 -0800
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