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Re: Linux worked while Windows didn't

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Melzzzzz wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 20:08:08 -0400
> Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:
>
>> vallor wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>> 
>> > So there I was, dual-booted into Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium
>> > playing _Just Cause 2_, when the program exited with an exception.
>> >
>> > "That's weird", I thought.  "Maybe it was the graphics driver I just
>> > upgraded to."
>> >
>> > So I back-graded the graphics driver, and played some more.  A few
>> > minutes later -- Pop!  goes the exception.
>> >
>> > I was streaming on twitch with a bunch of friends looking on, and
>> > we all agreed that JC2 just doesn't do this sort of thing.
>> > Clearly, there was something odd about my machine.
>> >
>> > After verifying the game cache in Steam, I started looking at
>> > hardware. And hey, wasn't that weird that the ASUS monitoring app
>> > wasn't registering any chassis fans?
>> >
>> > So I looked -- and NONE OF THE CHASSIS FANS WERE SPINNING.
>> >
>> > Booted to Linux, fans started spinning.
>> >
>> > I'd seen a message over the last few days, whenever booted to
>> > Windows, that the Core1 temperature was 80C.  I'd only been playing
>> > Elite:Dangerous, which didn't seem to mind the situation.
>> > Additionally, I'd been a bonehead and not investigated why my
>> > machine seemed so much quieter while booted to Win7.
>> >
>> > The fix?  Hard power cycle.  Now the fans spin in Windows.
>> >
>> > Now, about the subject line above, "Linux worked while Windows
>> > didn't". These wintroll clowns are always talking about their
>> > hardware works properly in Windows, but not Linux.  Thus, I feel
>> > justified blaming Windows for what is clearly a chipset driver
>> > failure -- after all, it's a Windows driver!
>> >
>> > Toodles.
>> 
>> I had an issue that was more "democratic" recently.  I hooked up my
>> Canon LiDE 210 to my relatively new ASUS laptop.  (1920x1080 matte
>> screen, i7, added an SSD drive, and it screams!)  The Preview
>> function worked, mostly.  But the scans would error out.  WTF?
>> 
>> I googled and saw that disabling the xHCI preboot mode would help.
>> And it worked.  Apparently an issue with USB 3.0, which is what this
>> laptop has, and the hub I use for connecting MIDI, USB audio,
>> Bluetooth dongles, wireless peripherals, also has.
>> 
>> Did Linux screw up?   Well, if it did, then so did Windows 8, where I
>> found a post that stated that the same kind of fix worked.
>> 
>> No matter, it was a 5-minute fix.
>
> This is known problem with sane driver and USB3. Vuescan works but 
> it is not free. I did same as you, as I scan page once in three
> months ;)

I don't believe that, Melzzz.  This exact same setup worked fine on
my previous Linux laptop.  But maybe the xHCI controller introduces
issues.

But it looks like disabling this UEFI entry puts the ports back into
USB 2.0.   (Some people say it disables the port entirely, which is
dead wrong.)

That is an issue.

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Linux worked while Windows didn't vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2015-03-31 13:03 -0700
  Re: Linux worked while Windows didn't Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-31 16:15 -0400
  Re: Linux worked while Windows didn't owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-31 20:30 +0000
  Re: Linux worked while Windows didn't Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-03-31 20:08 -0400
    Re: Linux worked while Windows didn't Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-04-01 02:18 +0200
      Re: Linux worked while Windows didn't Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-04-01 06:09 -0400
  Re: Linux worked while Windows didn't ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-04-01 00:11 +0000
    Re: Linux worked while Windows didn't Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-31 21:37 -0400

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